Slang, word usage-generational definer?

[shootingstar]

like, so its an age discriminator, right?? right?

for real.

More like which "style" I wanna adopt. I have shocked a few other workers who have seen me in suppressed anger/frustration and emit the: Oh damn! or Oh sh*t. And if one is a manager, it doesn't always sit well with others. People do acknowledge the reality of seeing others angry at work, but with controlled poise..at all times, especially in situations that generate anger, frustration or disgust. The higher up the organizational chain, the more others below expect one to exercise self-control. A senior manager in the construction engineering firm, said: "F*ck several times in his sentence loudly..and shocked /disgusted few others. Respect for him was lowered a tad.

I took an intensive course on presentation skills to improve my group instructional skills. I used the word "like" as a joiner to get me over to the 2nd sentence I was thinking in my head. Not good at all. It's incredibly annoying in a workplace to hear a group presenter use "like" too many times, for an hour in their presentation. In another workplace, I listened to another manager present for 40 min. Every 2nd sentence she, ended with "right?"

"It sucks" in a presentation more than once or at all, in a workplace presentation or in a public lecture or at municipal council presentation, won't cut it. People start to wonder about one's limited vocabulary. If you are a journalist who loves wordsmithing and language, then show it. "It sucks" is not enough.

I did my undergrad in English Lit. & Language . I appreciate language...alot even if I misspell here at times in a hurry.

Better get myself back to slang, not profanity use in discussion here. If I had to do it all over again, I should have chosen sociolinguistics, instead of just literature.