I am not sure, but it seems like our threshold of tolerance, especially for swear words, keeps rising with each passing generation. Earlier, when in school, words like bloody, bitch, rascal (oh yeah!), etc. were unmentionable. And kids who used to utter them within the pristine convent environment were shunned as the bad lot. Sounds hilarious now, but true.
Later, once we entered our teens, it became cool to drop in a 'bitch' or a 'bloody', once in a while just to emphasize strong feelings, yet it was once again the unruly, living-on-the-edge types who swore using the F & C words, which was completely unladylike. But that was the early 90's.
Now I hear my neighbour's son, who is all of 8 or 10, swear an 'F%*k' when he fell off his cycle, and no shocked looks passed among the parent lot. His friend offers his hand in disdain and says calmly - "Dude, here, give me your bloody hand"!
Two hoots says the bloody cool [V] gen? Not impressed is all I can say in dismay.
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