A well-placed profanity is the perfect riposte to dated ideas of female delicacy. So hats off to sweary Olivia Colman<\/p>\n
The first time I attempted to use a naughty word at school, aged seven, has become family folklore. I was aching to try out a grownup term that I\u2019d heard an older girl utter in the playground, so when my friend was standing at the classroom sink, washing her poster paint-covered brushes, I took my chance.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, move your bom,\u201d I loudly declared, my cheeks turning bright red as I realised the whole thing had come out wrong. I scuttled away as fast as I could, shocked by the power a single word could hold \u2013 and how shaming it could feel if not deployed just right.<\/p>\n
Claire Cohen is a journalist and the author of BFF? The Truth About Female Friendship<\/p>\n
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