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I do understand your Mike's point about being the Language Police and why he doesn't approve, but this is really no different from any other judgment call. Umpires can show poor judgment with any rule enforcement.
I have no issue with our state's casual profanity / family atmosphere rule. Enforcement is a judgment. I'll give a couple of examples below (I've posted about them before).
I do not think a list of words would help at all. To paraphrase a Supreme Court Justice, "you'll know it when you hear it." Much depends on the community and the situation. It is not black and white.
The closest I've come to enforcing the penalty of our rule (out assessed) is to warn a couple of coaches. They were clearly expressing themselves in the way to which they were accustomed (truely "casual" profanity) as opposed to an emotional cussing out. Nonetheless, they were coaches of 12U teams. Example: 12U team, infield grounder goes between the legs of the F4. Defensive coach (a woman) says in a normal conversational tone (load enough for me to hear, but not shouting) "S---". I remind her of the casual profanity rule. She apologizes. Game goes on.
I've also completely ignored an player dropping the F-bomb. As I said, judgment is required. 18U national qualifier. I'm on the bases in "C". Fly ball to left field. F7 is going for the ball. It drops in front of her and she misses snagging it and has to chase it down. A run scores and the BR ends up on 2nd. I'm back getting set in "C" again. F8 says to F7, "Nice play." F7 says to F8, "F--- you." As I said, I ignored it (except for the smile on my face.)
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Tom
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