I suppose this is probably why my mother refused to let me use either one, ever. Same goes for basically any other word that is considered offensive in any English speaking country.
I think we had the same mother.
As well on my mom's list. callling anyone 'Stupid'.
Re the meaning of the F word - read Lady Chatterly's Lover when a teen and that pretty much shaped my perceptioin of the word.
Oddly, it's only since the words' overuse in the last decade have I come also to see it as a violent word.
Back to my orginal query at the start: my author was using it satirically - her little riff made the point about the word.
As for the S -word I've always thought the only people who could find pleasure in the word were rubber-gloved CSI guys scouring a crime scene.
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