Fuck yeah!

Don't you love the social sciences?

Expletives as solidarity signals in FTAs on the factory floor, [DHNS04], provides an analysis of the use of "the strong expletive fuck". And indeed "The analysis focuses on the complex socio-pragmatic functions of fuck and its role as an indicator of membership in a specific community of practice."

See, I've always worried about my excessive use of the anglo-saxon, but reassuringly the authours tell us that "Our analysis suggests that, in certain contexts, forms of fuck may serve to express positive politeness or solidarity"

Yeah, and Dick Cheney is the politest man in the senate!

[DHNS04] Nicola Daly, Janet Holmes, Jonathan Newton, Maria Stubbe, Expletives as solidarity signals in FTAs on the factory floor, Journal of Pragmatics Vol 36, pp 945–964, Elsevier B.V.2004