This was my EXACT thought within 5 seconds of beginning to read the actual article.
I was on a job (I work construction), one of my coworkers used the word "frig" instead of F---. Not friggin' just plain frig. I walked over to him, stuck out my hand, and told him his Man Card had just been revoked, and to hand it over. No self respecting man uses the word frig, as in "OH FRIG!"
Law and Order Episode: (Lenny Briscoe and Ed Green arriving at the scene of a hit-and-run with fatalities)
Lenny: You say the perp turned north sped along 8th Avenue?
Young Uniformed Officer: He took off outta here like H-E-double-hockey-sticks.
Lenny: What percinct you from? Sesame Street?
Don’t want to start a fight, just adding my two penneys.
I appreciate cuss word substitutions and have heard it said
that profanity is the crutch of a conversational cripple.
Men who do not swear are really, really sexy to me.
...just sayin’...
Oh Snap!