Re: Communicating with only obscenities?
"I found it fascinating that the men would NOT swear in front of women - [...]"
Cue the apocryphal story.
A Polish airman is invited to a posh girls' school to give a talk about his wartime fighter experiences. When he says "The fucker came out of the sun" - the headmistress interrupts to explain that the Focke was a German make of plane. The airman says "No! - the fucker was a Messerschmitt".