I don’t disagree, Jabba (should we just move this on over to IM, or what) --my point is simply this: dam~n is NOT a “curse” word. It hasn’t been in a long, long time. Judge Judy can let the “d-word” fly freely mid-afternoon on network television. And, as I think I made clear, the dreaded “d-word” isn’t even slang. It can rightly be used, in context, to make a relevant point.