Swearing is a weapon. Use It Like You Mean It (Or Don’t Use It at All).

If you have to, use the occasional ‘fuck’ not as filler, but as a precision tool, not for edge, but for breaking walls or landing emotional weight. Swearing is punctuation, used sparingly. It’s not the content, it’s the impact.

Is swearing professional? I don’t think so.
I will never use it in a meeting or in a boardroom.
But you decide.
Do I occasionally think about swearing? Yes , and I do, just like most people do, in one form or another, or at varying intensities. Being bilingual gives an edge , allowing cursing with additional nuance.

I will never write down any swearing in an email, letter, or even a chat message. It can dilute your message. After the fact, when the hype or anger dies down, it can come off as unprofessional or awkward.

Before you resort to swearing, look at examples of powerful speeches and essays that have stood the test of time without selling out to the Zeitgeist.
Powerful language resides in practice, confidence, knowledge, skill, and eloquence , not in exclamation.

Matt