# Swearing #Word/NeedBetterWords #PetPeeve - hearing swearing from another room I need some better fucking words. Seriously... words are not enough Maybe I need a better medium. ## Problems with swearing - they are particularly loaded words - Regularly loaded with anger - Let's say you fall down the stairs and are in shock, being rattled you might swear at someone coming to help you which is not a helpful thing. ## My experiences with hearing ... - When I hear it from another room I feel a spike of ahhh - [[vocal tone]] could and likely does make a big difference - ## Exceptions - From dramatic effect it can land well or be funny, but usually only if the person never swears otherwise ## Misc - I like how swearing was handled for the youth in the book [[Walk Aways - Book]]. - [[euphemisms]] - Bless your heart as a way to tell someone to... ## Related - [[exclamations]] - [[inaccurate words]] - [[practice|everything is practice]]