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Examples

  • Profanity is the last refuge of a desperate person.

    Unprofessional authors mroctober 2010

  • Profanity is the last refuge of a desperate person.

    mroctober: Unprofessional authors mroctober 2010

  • Profanity is part of the language; we all use it to some extent; and as long as we keep it within the limits of good taste, why not?

    Will It Work? Who The H*** Knows? 2006

  • Profanity is best reserved to express very strong emotions.

    Waldo Jaquith - Me and my flu at 4:30 AM. 2006

  • Profanity is a very functional but overused device.

    Will It Work? Who The H*** Knows? 2006

  • In No. 33, on "Profanity," there is a character - sketch which, for vigour and vitality, is worthy of his best days; and there is also a very thoughtful paper on "Reading," containing a kindly reference to "the ingenious Author of _Clarissa_," which should have mollified that implacable moralist.

    Fielding Austin Dobson 1880

  • Hysteria About "Profanity" Is 100 TIMES MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN NUCLEAR WAR!!!

    Woot! - One Day, One Deal 2010

  • Hysteria About "Profanity" Is 100 TIMES MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN NUCLEAR WAR!!!

    Woot! - One Day, One Deal 2010

  • Hysteria About "Profanity" Is 100 TIMES MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN NUCLEAR WAR!!!

    Woot! - One Day, One Deal 2010

  • Vornado EH1-0039-06 Soleaire Personal Foot Heater Hysteria About "Profanity" Is 100 TIMES MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN NUCLEAR WAR!!!

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