Dropping F-bombs Is Good for Your Health
Why a crude, uncouth vocabulary is ok
I don’t think I’ve gone a single day in the last 20 years of my life without dropping an f-bomb out loud at least once.
Some people think that the use of f-bombs and other plebian profanities is the mark of unintelligent people.
In my case, there’s probably some merit to that, though I somehow faked just enough intelligence to be a professor.
Strangely, I absolutely never use profanity when teaching or talking with my students or in the presence of kids. I have complete control over my usage of profanity.
So…why am I prolific with my use of profanity, and why is it actually ‘good’ for you to use profanity?
Here are three reasons.
Reason #1: I was taught to cuss.
When I was a kid, my older brother told me, “Say ‘piss’.” I, being the overachiever that I was, said ‘piss’ over and over. I had no idea what it meant.
I sashayed into the living room to show off my new vocabulary to my mom.
“Piss,” I said to her.
She yanked my arm, dragged me to the bathroom, chunked me in the bathtub, picked up a bar of soap, and inserted it into my mouth. It was…
