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Permalink Reply by Whiteson Zulu on December 14, 2011 at 9:39am

Yes!! from Africa Zambia during most ecstatic exciting moments, mostly there is an exclamation of ones mother...mai!! / amama!! / mayo!! / ma!!... and climbing down from orgasm your someone would ask you 'where you really calling for your mother?!!'

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Permalink Reply by Heather Spoonheim on December 14, 2011 at 11:23am

@Whiteson Zulu; Well, I can get really excited about mayo, so sounds great to me!

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Permalink Reply by Amy June on December 30, 2011 at 3:55am

I have always and probably continue will scream, "oh god" during orgasm or sex, but it doesn't really bother me because I have no idea what I am saying during these times. I heard you are in an altered state of consciousnesses during orgasm. As for casually saying, "oh my god" I try to not let myself. I opt for "omg" "gosh" or "goodness". 

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Permalink Reply by Lewal on December 31, 2011 at 10:58pm

I don't do any of this anymore. "Bless you" is easy, just ignore people's sneezes long enough and you eventually won't say anything when it happens (because why would you?)

In most other cases, I've found repeated use of alternatives works (I like to pluralize "god"). With sex, unfortunately this often entails swearing, which I'd really like to avoid since it sounds like pornography. Basically, it takes work.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Fundaro on January 4, 2012 at 8:10pm

The only reference to "god" I make regularly is "God damn it!" Seems a shame to drop that one as it bothers the believers.

When someone sneezes I make a point of saying "Gesundheit" rather than "Bless you."

At...er...other times, I don't really recall that I make words at all... ;)

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Permalink Reply by Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum on January 4, 2012 at 8:30pm

I prefer to get as much blasphemy in as possible. Debra Morgan from "Dexter" has me hooked on saying "Holy Mary mother of fuck!"

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Permalink Reply by Mo Trauen on January 4, 2012 at 9:07pm

Don't know how I missed this topic when it was "hot".  Here is my contribution:  Sex is one of the most animalistic things we do, so it seems appropriate to be non-verbal at such times.  I might have said "oh, god" at one time or another, but mostly I stick to grunts, moans, sighs, and other non-verbal exclamations.

I do still let myself use the common god references when interacting with believers.  I find it to be a good form of camouflage.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Gibbs on January 5, 2012 at 12:11am

You are using the term god like a swear word. You're sticking it to them believers with every big-O.

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Permalink Reply by Adele on January 5, 2012 at 12:28am

I say bless you when somebody sneezes out of politeness

"oh my god" is an exclamation of shock and surprise, on par with "holy shit!" 

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Permalink Reply by Spencer on January 5, 2012 at 2:00am

I'm actually fairly antisocial by choice so I don't often say "bless you" etc automatically-- "please" and "thank you" are about as far as I go. On the other hand, I have noticed that people rarely consider the meanings behind common expressions, and so I've recently made it a point to use modified versions of those expressions that provoke a bit of thought. I figure that there's some value in using them in a way that might indicate how silly bestowing a blessing on someone can be, when used with the right god(s) of course. Some examples that I recall currently are:

- - - - - Misinterpret their definition of God to fit that of another:

Them: "God bless you."

Me: "Yes, and may the Flying Spaghetti Monster lay his many noodly tentacles upon you as well." (this can work with other gods, eg. "may Mars grant you might in battle")

- - - - - Replace "God" with either pagan gods/artifacts or appalling acts in the Abrahamic texts, or reference well-known scientists:

"Gods damn it" / "Oh my gods" / "By (Mjölnir / Ra's sun-disk / Odin's beard / Yahweh's bear army [see 2 Kings 2:23-24] / Darwin's beard / Newton's apples / and so on)!"

"Great Hawking's ghost!" [as said by Dr. Isaac Kleiner from Half-Life 2]

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Permalink Reply by John Kelly on January 5, 2012 at 3:28am

I say Kleenex and QTip concerning a tissue or cotton swab when those are just the brand names for specific items.  I don't really find it to be a bother to say "God" in passing in the same sense.  Actually keeping in the language just adds historical depth to a language.  It is anthropologically interesting to keep in the old religious-based references to show the effect of that history.  Over time they become more interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Whiteson Zulu on January 5, 2012 at 4:11am

from africa - zambia as u experience total entry orgasm u hear yourself exclaiming...'mama!!' ...its just an exclamation...u not really calling mother to come and see/witness your / his entry into her/you & what it has caused !! Same with 'OH GOD' its nothing except we were brought up to think there is a supernatural protector above us...[a mother] hence we scream

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