A facebook friend scolded me a bit for yesterday's post wherein I used, as she said, my "potty mouth." I responded that these times call for potty mouths. Then I thought it was so funny that I posted as a standalone status the title of this post I'm making right now here on Real Art. That inspired another friend to ask me why I use dirty words sometimes.
So I told him.
Words are entirely arbitrary in that they're ultimately just sounds to which culture, various cultures really, have assigned meaning, which makes a dirty word in one language gibberish in another. That is, they're just words, man, having as much or as little weight as the individual assigns them.'Nuff said.
Having said that, though, I have to observe that so-called "dirty words" ONLY have the weight they do because of the way that some people try to police or condemn them. So for that, I thank you. Your problem with dirty words makes them all the more effective and meaningful in the mainstream. I really probably wouldn't ever use any dirty words if nobody had a problem with them. So really, thanks. I need you for this to work.
But a briefer answer to your question is that I use dirty words very specifically. I never put them on facebook without having thought about it first. And I use them to show that I'm very serious about what I'm saying, serious in a visceral and instinctive way.
I just couldn't imagine living my life without them. They are important tools in my overall lexicon.
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