The F-Word

Reilly and Achenbach both have very similar claims in these two essays. They both claim that the F-word is over used. This is obviously true, it's barely even a matter of opinion at this point in time. The arguments differ in their reasoning. Reilly cites examples such as sporting events, where the student section roars curse words to try to rattle the other team, attempting to use these words' effects to gain an advantage. Achenbach argues that when people use this word they don't even mean it. I'm not going to say that one of these arguments is true and one is not. In fact, I'm going to go ahead and say that they're both true. When I'm in my dorm room and one of my buddies walks into my room and I say "Dude, what the f's going on with Sam and Angie?" that's where im "Achenbaching" if you will. When I'm playing basketball one on one with the same friend, and I steal the ball and say "Yeah get the f' out of my house" I'm going Reilly style. In neither situation am I actually trying to be rude to my friend, or even use the word negatively, one I'm trying to get in someone's head, and the other I'm just adding an intensifier into my question.