What constitutes vulgar and obscene language: the heart or intended meaning, or

What constitutes vulgar and obscene language: the heart or intended meaning, or

What constitutes vulgar and obscene language: the heart or intended meaning, or the words in and of themseves? Are there words which are intrinsically bad, like the word "fuck" for instance. If I said "fuck you" that would definitely be a bad thing, but if I simply said "fuck that", implying that, for instance, I did not want anything to do with a particular thing, is that word still bad?

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