I was just chatting with a friend around my age (60-ish) and we were talking about the 180 since our childhood in the way we refer to certain subjects.

For example, she said she can STILL barely say the word "pregnant" because that word wasn't used in her family. I think my mom used to say "expecting". She would have thought "PG" was crude, and NEVER would have said "bun in the oven" or anything like that.

Back in the day, one didn't discuss "that time of the month", and waited until there was a female clerk and no line before slipping "personal products" onto the counter.

She asked how our family referred to certain body parts, and the truth of the matter is that we DIDN'T. I knew the proper terms for all the parts and functions, but we just didn't discuss those things unless it was a medical-type conversation. Not classy.

Remember "polite convesation"? I do. I wouldn't want us to go back to the time when young people thought they were dying, or were some kind of freaks because they didn't know what was happening or supposed to happen. But we sure have swung that pendulum. Holy cow.