But usually it is a limited vocabulary

The argument is classically put something like: “people only use curse words when they don’t know a better word to use.” That’s somewhat true in many ways. But even if you have the entirety of several increasingly obscure dictionaries memorized- there sometimes isn’t a better or more succinct way to express an emotion than to curse. In fact- like a cat at the theater, the best material in the world is wasted if it fails to connect to the audience. While you may certainly have more precise, descriptive, or creative ways to express an idea, the curse word may be exactly the tone your audience will respond to. Curse words by their nature are akin to linguistic emotion. Their often graphic or basal roots have deep significance in a culture, and their status as inappropriate often comes from civility, the social “clothing” we wear to hide our “nakedness” as raw humans. There is an “honesty” to them that can often be seen as cutting through to the “true spirit” of a sentiment.

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I agree with the above sentiment, but am still against cursing. In my opinion, it shows not a lack of intelligence or vocabulary, but a lack of empathy. I mean, it's called offensive or foul language because the words themselves do carry vulgar and/or offensive sentiments. The use of such language is heavily frowned on in most every professional field, with a few notable exceptions, but that fact remains that most everyone understands that using language makes many uncomfortable. People that curse because they want to just don't seem to care that what they're doing is offensive. It kinda saddens me that many people are more considerate with gender pronouns than with cursing around people that find it offensive. Granted, I kinda feel like that people that get in others faces for cursing do deserve it, but I used to be like that, and the reason I changed is because I realized that cussing isn't about intelligence or superiority or inferiority; it's just rude when it's uncalled for.