'Embellished Speech'

My Mother was a person who adhered to very strict codes of personal behavior. Despite her attempts, few of her maxims survived into your correspondent. One of her most sacred rules was to avoid profanity, whatever the reason might be. Her objections were only partially based in good taste. One, of course, avoided vulgar references to bodily functions, but her real cause was that embellished speech, as she called it, was a sign of a weak vocabulary. An educated person should have a sufficient arsenal of decent English at hand to meet any circumstance. Anna Quindlan, whose birthday it is today, speaks eloquently of the effect of profanity. Cheney's remarks are not so notable because they are rare, but because they are so common. MSNBC - A Foul Mouth And Manhood