"It is the verbal equivalent of cuff tattoos and plug earrings. It gestures at being a badass while belying the deeper truth that you run with the pack. It is the colloquy of the proverbial basic, the pumpkin spice latte of speech." The once-shocking becomes pedestrian and insipid... that's a tale as old as time. I'm tired of this one, too, but then I'm tired of pretty much everything. https://medium.com/wordsthatmatter/why-f-ck-is-the-word-of-the-year-7203511a0829 #fuck #language #minds