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Well, there is huge difference between using vulgar worlds to accentuate just how thoroughly fucked something is, and using them like a fucking inter-fucking punction every bloody third fucking word.

First approach used sparingly is good, it expands range of expression without making communication longer, second, well, "poverty of language" is a good name for it.



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