Quote Originally Posted by Andrea View Post
I think it's pretty awful, too, and I can probably count the number of times I've said it on one hand without using my thumb.

Once was directed towards a woman in an Escalade that nearly hit me with her mirror while I was in the bike lane (and put her passenger-side tires over the line to do so!), then swerved towards me again when I began to pull up next to her at a stoplight. I had to ride into the the gutter to get around her, and I let the c-word fly right into her open window
When I was teaching reading in tutorials, we would end each session with paired read-aloud (taking turns reading) from a book of the student's choice. This ninth grade girl chose Cujo. When she'd come to a 'bad word,' she would simply skip it, so I did the same.

When the c-word came up and I skipped it, she called me on it... "You skipped that word!" - and she was concerned that I'd skipped it because she'd never heard of it before. I told her what it meant and that she probably hadn't heard of it because it was considered even more 'inappropriate' and rude than other 'bad words.'

I did suggest that she not announce at the dinner table that she'd learned a new word...