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uncouth (
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adj.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
- Archaic. Foreign; unfamiliar.
I had an uncanny knack “back in the day” for saying whatever came into my head. My filters had been skewed by all the lovely people I spent my time with growing up. My friends from high school found this crudeness charming, although I think that was because we are all under the influence 90% of the time.
As time has passed I found that discretion really is the better part of valor, and I’ve reigned in the impulse to curse like a sailor and make rude suggestive comments at every turn.
Last night I was reminded by a friend of my earlier tendency toward crudeness and it amused me to no end. Because these days I wouldn’t have given him the satisfaction…
