I confess I‘m enormously disappointed by the overuse of the word “fuck” in modern writing.

“Wtf?”, “Ffs!”, “LMFAO”.

I’m not offended by it.  Well, not in the sense that it is meant to be offensive.  What dispirits me is the lack of imagination among a group of people who pride themselves on trying to say things in a new way; who otherwise manipulate language so skilfully but choose to populate their writing so vacuously.

The word seems to me to have become an empty vessel which I associate with phrases like “Obviously…”, “…literally…”, “ she was like…”,.

Now I’m no glasshouse flower in this arena.  I’ve effed and jeffed a fair bit myself in my writing and in everyday conversation; but I’d like to think that it served purpose.

So, there it is.  A plea for a less gratuitous usage.  Take it on board if you will.

If not…

…fuck off.