What are you guys's takes on cussing and curse words primarily, and the power of words secondarily?
What about when the word ass is used in the same sense of butt, a feature on the body? Or when a number of words, almost any can be used exclamatorily upon one's being surprised in a good or bad way; when those words are used in exactly the same manner as "Whoa, Oh, or Wo". How 'bout that you can completely deride and deflate something without the use of any "curse" words or better yet any words at all? What about when the kid tries to evade the parent by substituting a "curse word" and still cursing with it?
profane (v.):
late 14c., from L. profanare "to desecrate," from profanus "unholy, not consecrated," from pro fano "not admitted into the temple (with the initiates)," lit. "out in front of the temple," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + fano, ablative of fanum "temple" (see feast). Related: Profaned; profaning. The adjective is attested from late 15c.; originally "un-ecclesiastical, secular;" sense of "unholy, polluted" is recorded from c.1500.