>Some adolescents apparently think that throwing in a cuss every few words makes them sound grown-up, or maybe they do that because that's what they hear at home.

I certainly know about that. In year 8 in secondary school, there was a school trip to Chessington World of Adventures for the end-of-year so-called treat. This is usually the time of year when the teachers suddenly appear to be at least half human, rather than the slave-driving mindless cyborgs they have been all through the term. Oh, hang on, this wasn't anything to do with them. So. There was one ride, called the Vampire, that had a very long queue, and once you reached the end of this huge line you were put into two-person carriages. I'm not sure why, but I think I decided it would be more effective if me and one of my friends went in separate carriages. So, there I was with a complete stranger, in this little carriage. My "companion" was a few years older than me (physically, anyway), and his language consisted literally of cuss, word, swear, word, cuss...etc. It was really more or less every other word, and he always used the same word: f---. Or some derivative thereof. It was really weird; I have never known someone use a single word as their only adjective, adverb and occasional verb.

Phil-"OK, so this was pretty ------- boring"-bee