Before I met the Internet, I had a pretty good grasp on what I thought were ALL the swear words, put-down words, and well-known made-up words. However, over the past few years, I've come to realize how naive that was. My eyes have been opened to a whole new range of words that I never knew existed, although I will admit that quite a few of them seem restricted to online use only.

(I mean, seriously, has anyone used "awesomesauce" in an actual conversation with real-life people? I didn't think so.)

I think some of my favourite words to date have been fucktard and asshat. While I've been pretty cautious with dropping the f-bomb and other assorted fun words online, I'm starting to think that if I use them regularly in real life, what's the problem with using them in the cyber world? I guess if it offends people, they'll stop following me or unfriend me or whatever, and that's fine. I don't think I should pretend to be someone else online, right? And if I did pretend, well, I'd develop a COMPLETELY different persona, not just a more-polite version (but that's a thought for another post).