But there’s a difference between swears you yell at people and swears you swear at yourself when you do something dumb, like cut your finger or stub your toe. For those special moments, I usually stick with the tried-and-true classics, like shit, fuck and son of a bitch. If I just do something lame, like misplace a needed tool, I’ll go all cute: fuckity-fuckity-fuck!

My favorite cussing on Deadwood was when someone got called a “degenerate tit-licker” — I’d love to know what time in the early morning the writers came up with that gem.