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Originally Posted by ray gower  Longer thought:
When swearing under stress, it is not the word that matters, it is the effort expended saying it. You can put as much meaning and satisfaction in an inappropriately exploded "Sugar!" as any expletive. So it just needs to be something that can trip off the tongue in a sudden outburst. |
That might be so in a verbal medium, but I think it's hard to pull off in written form. Not to say it can't be done, just that it is easier to fall into farce taking that route.