Holy Jesi

There's a stigma against swearing in front of your children. I'm not really sure why, unless it's to prevent your children from swearing in polite company. For my own amusement, I think I will fashion a new set of curse words for them to use. It will be a mix of silly phrases and actual curses. Please imagine, if you will, one My Future Kids. He's walking along, minding his own business when he stubs his toe. Too old now to cry from this, he yells angrily "Aveda Kedavra!" In retrospect, I realize that some of these things have too many syllables for everyday use and must be preserved for periods of extended ire rather short bursts of pain or frustration or what have you. For the shorter swears, I will have them swear in Mandarin. This will be cause for amusement both from those adults that speak Mandarin, for the phrases will be silly indeed, as well as the rest of my friends who must of course be familiar with Firefly. I may have to take care to swear in Mandarin more than I might swear otherwise, so that I can sufficiently ingrain the phrases into their brains. Otherwise, they'll pick up boring curse words from their little bad-influence friends and it will make me so very sad. When they inevitably ask, I think that I will tell them that the meaning of the words is so unspeakably vile they are impossible to translate into English. It's like swearing in the tongue of the devil himself. Evil Incarnate doesn't swear all the time, but when It does, It swears in Mandarin Chinese.
I should make to make a big deal out of how unspeakable the swears are and apologize profusely every time I utter them aloud. I think that will make them stick more, even it does make My Future Kids somewhat more afraid to say them in my presence. Hopefully, the elder of My Future Kids will also make an effort to corrupt the younger by teaching them the delicate art of swearing. That will make it seem hip and cool and dangerous and therefore even more tantalizing.