# The use of profanity in formal meetings.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-profanity-in-formal-meetings/710171>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-profanity-in-formal-meetings/710171 "2015-01-18T15:28:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-profanity-in-formal-meetings/710171/21 "2015-01-22T06:21:32Z")

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Just yesterday, a woman I work with said on a conference call, “if they don’t like it, they can suck my dick.” It was awesome.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-profanity-in-formal-meetings/710171/22 "2015-01-23T03:52:46Z")

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It doesn’t happen where I work. I am startled even by a very occasional “shit” and know who uses it, it sticks out so much.

That said, we’re counting down the hours till a super-incompetent boob changes jobs, and an few choice words have been thrown around in private one-on-one conversations.

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**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-profanity-in-formal-meetings/710171/23 "2015-01-23T17:50:11Z")

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When meeting among other engineers and machinists, it has been unusual not to hear any profanity.

“Let’s grind a red cunt hair off that motherfucker so it’ll fit in the god damn jig better.”

Yeah, that sort of thing.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-profanity-in-formal-meetings/710171/24 "2015-01-23T17:53:01Z")

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Rarely, used for emphasis or when surprised by something. Never casually.

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