Trial lawyers are still good for a pejorative term now and again.
But then, as more than one driver of an Explorer with Firestone tires has come to find out, you just might need one, so there must be some restraint in that regard. The shouted curse is mostly made with the assurance that said S.O.B. won't hear you since the profanity is uttered within the insulated cocoon of your vehicle. The fact is that in this excruciatingly politically-correct world, the targets of opportunity for the uniformly accepted verbal blast, the pin cushions for the barbed slur that can be given with the comfort that your bar mate will join you in chortling, are practically extinct. That's a point made plain last week by George W. Bush, who, in some circles, is said to be the product of good breeding. The outlines of the episode are well known.