Some writers such as Lynn Abbey for example use “shite” as a “polite” form of cursing in their books, so they don’t have to say the evil “shit” word. She also uses “arse” instead of “ass” at times, and has a filled pages with “frogging” and “frog” in place of “fucking” and “fuck”. This continues on in some anthologies edited by her, but I’m uncertain if it’s a stylistic preference that’s shared or a mandated editorial style. One of her books uses “frog” in place of “fuck” so many times I felt like throwing the book in the trash. Ironically, in that same book she had no trouble with the words “cock” and “cunt” used to describe genitalia… :rolleyes: