&gt; A lot of my friends are starting to have children now, and they&#x27;re all trying not to use words like &quot;fuck&quot; and &quot;shit&quot; within baby&#x27;s hearing, lest baby start using these words too. But these words are part of the language, and adults use them all the time. So parents are giving their kids an inaccurate idea of the language by not using them.<p>&quot;Wankery&quot; is a great word! It&#x27;s fun to say, fun to read. It is a criticism, but with some humour to it. Isn&#x27;t that what we should be encouraging?<p>Its only crime is vulgarity, but there is no HN guideline against that.