I taught high school for 34 years. Some days I would come home upset when a student said something negative to me. My husband taught me some anacronyms to use with some of the words so that I could turn a negative into a positive. For example, B.I.T.C.H.= Babe in total control of herself. (That's freeing.) The next time a student called me a bitch, I thanked him as I wrote him a referral to the office.