Gratuitous usage of profanity can also make a person come off as illiterate.
When I gave up smoking, I lived in a house on an acre surrounded by woods. Every time I wanted a cigarette, I went outside so I wouldn’t scare the pets and shouted every filthy swearword I knew. It worked.
Veto!
(Highly educated female)
True. That’s why I explore and expand my capabilities in British, Australian and other non-English “colorful” language. 😎
> Gratuitous usage of profanity can also make a person come off as illiterate.
The trick is to slip a big word in there.
Calling somebody a “F’ing idiot” doesn’t have a lot of impact these days.
But if you call them a “F’ing pusillanimous idiot” it makes them think a little bit and makes them more wary of responding.