That's one way of looking at it. OTOH, some of the smartest and most successful people (at creating products) that I know express themselves like this. So ...

That's one way of looking at it. OTOH, some of the smartest and most successful people (at creating products) that I know express themselves like this. So ... tolerance works both ways. Don't flip the bozo bit based on a word -- there are many cultures on the internet. EDIT> Your suggestion is prudent, but I don't want prudence and inoffensiveness to suck the life out of my communications, leaving only a dry passive-voiced husk.