Quote Originally Posted by Rawhide View Post
Swear words are essentially power words, in that the more you use them, the less power they have.
The same applies to the person using the swear words. Saw a TV programme once where they did an experiment--they got two actors to put their hands in iced water to see how long they could hold them in there, then did the same experiment with the same two people but asked them to cuss out loud while their hand was in the water. In both cases they could hold their hand in the water longer while cussing than when not, but Brian Blessed (who's fairly foul-mouthed) didn't see as much of a benefit as Stephen Fry (who rarely swears).