My parents referred to cussing as "poor man's poetry," which so far as I can tell was a phrase originated by John Moore [0] in You English Words. [0] https://e

My parents referred to cussing as "poor man's poetry," which so far as I can tell was a phrase originated by John Moore [0] in You English Words. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moore_(British_author) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Moore_(British_author) [1] https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LFi2CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA256 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LFi2CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA256