You can argue as much as you like about the value of obscene vocabulary, but swearing exists, is widely used and will not go anywhere, even if you try to ban it. The boundaries of the permissible are constantly changing, and now a veiled mat comes to the forefront as a way to curse firmly and at the same time preserve the reputation of a decent person. There is a kind of ingenuous craftiness in this, but this interesting phenomenon in itself deserves attention.
Swearing as an integral part of the language
Herbert Wells has a story in which a linguist professor rehabilitates obscene language as a way to shed aggression bloodlessly. It is worth recognizing that the ability to express your emotions expressively really helps not to accumulate tension, not to focus on the negative. Of course, in society there are rules enshrined in the traditions of the concept of decency, but at the same time people do not cease to swear. Even a veiled mat helps you feel better.
Oddly enough, you also need to be able to use foul language. If swearing slips in a speech exclusively in the role of parasitic words, this impoverishes the language and gives the impression of a distant personality. At the same time, the obscene equivalent of completely acceptable and censored concepts allows you to figure out and convexly outline the entire depth of emotional coloring.
How does a veiled mat help?
First of all, swearing can cause discomfort even to the speaker himself. This is an understandable duality: the situation requires expressing one’s attitude directly, but one does not want to lose the title of a decent person. All kinds of euphemisms make it possible to express themselves, while hiding behind the conventional framework of decency. In network communication, various substitutes for several letters in well-known words can be used for this. At the same time, everyone knows what the person had in mind, but formally he has nothing to present.
In this case, a veiled mat does not lose reprehensibility, it equally expresses expression and emotional intensity, but the tonality of this intensity can be both negative and positive. As one comedian said, only a Russian person is able to enthusiastically swear the lunar path on the water. Just from admiration that it is so beautiful.
