Quite surprising to see a columnist/article in Forbes use "b-f-d", at least to me. Isn't language like that ... kind of frowned upon, by typical mainstream medi

Quite surprising to see a columnist/article in Forbes use "b-f-d", at least to me. Isn't language like that ... kind of frowned upon, by typical mainstream media in the US? Not saying I was offended, at all, just thought it was interesting.