hangingon, do you consider "pissed" to be a swear word? I use that word fairly regularly but never knew it was a swear word! I thought it just was another word for saying you are angry, kind of a less formal or slang way to say it.

I don't swear much in general, but when I do, I use those words to communicate that I am pissed off. They have effect because I don't use them much. So if I swear, people know I am angry and that I want them to know that. I do swear in therapy sometimes, for communicative value. And sometimes my T swears too. The words I use are the F and S words. It makes T sit up and think, "sunny is really angry"--it gets his attention.