Unless a kid can hear you, I've never understood why some people are so damn touchy about colorful explanatives. I've always found it ridiculous, because they are only words. It's the context that makes them good or bad, not the word itself. Also, sometimes, certain words are necessary because ones choice of words also conveys the level of emotion or feeling behind what is being communicated - and in that capacity some words just fall short while others do not.
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