1# to curse is to wish tragic or evil doing on someone.
(gawd damn you/ i hope you die etc)
what we use is profanity....it's two different things
this conversation had my aunt heated.
me: this chicken good den a mutha fukka

aunty: stop cursing so much

me: it's profanity not cursing

my aunt:

me: see that's what you call the evil eye

my aunt:

me: that's a curse

me: gat damit