Is profanity still considered taboo? I would consider it impolite, and not to be used in a formal context. I’d be surprised at a politician or official figure swearing publicly. However, I can’t think of an informal area of my life where someone swearing won’t occasionally crop up.
This not being a formal essay or article, but a series of musings (or so I read it), minor swearing doesn’t seem out of place, especially in the form of a fairly common phrase.
I think that if someone wouldn’t say it in front of their parents, in class, or on TV (on purpose—what slips out is a separate matter entirely), then it’s fair to say it’s still taboo. I’m not saying that people don’t or shouldn’t swear, only that it’s still suppressed in most contexts and only crops up under conditions of high emotion.
Is profanity still considered taboo? I would consider it impolite, and not to be used in a formal context. I’d be surprised at a politician or official figure swearing publicly. However, I can’t think of an informal area of my life where someone swearing won’t occasionally crop up.
This not being a formal essay or article, but a series of musings (or so I read it), minor swearing doesn’t seem out of place, especially in the form of a fairly common phrase.
I think that if someone wouldn’t say it in front of their parents, in class, or on TV (on purpose—what slips out is a separate matter entirely), then it’s fair to say it’s still taboo. I’m not saying that people don’t or shouldn’t swear, only that it’s still suppressed in most contexts and only crops up under conditions of high emotion.