Check out this $%@# story, you $%@$#

Here's an interesting story about how Americans #$%!!@# swear all the time.

Younger people admit to using bad language more often than older people; they also encounter it more and are less bothered by it. The AP-Ipsos poll showed that 62 percent of 18 to 34-year-olds acknowledged swearing in conversation at least a few times a week, compared to 39 percent of those 35 and older.

More women than men said they encounter people swearing more now than 20 years ago - 75 percent, compared to 60 percent. Also, more women said they were bothered by profanity - 74 percent at least some of the time - than men (60 percent.) And more men admitted to swearing: 54 percent at least a few times a week, compared to 39 percent of women.

Wondering specifically about the F-word? (For the record, we needed special dispensation from our bosses just to say 'F-word.') Thirty-two percent of men said they used it at least a few times a week, compared to 23 percent of women.

"That word doesn't even mean what it means anymore," says Larry Riley of Warren, Mich. "It has just become part of the culture."

My question is this: Isn't it a good thing the F-word doesn't mean anything anymore? That way it's not offensive. Or is it more offensive that the F-word isn't so offensive anymore?