There is no one definition for cursing.  What's important is not the name of the behavior, but rather that it is described so well and so precisely that others will know what you are looking for and would record it's occurrence at the same rate as you.

Cursing #1:  Student utters a word/phrase audible to the observer that is on the list below: (Readers: Please forgive my use of the following words which may be offensive)

-Shit
-Damn
-Hell
-Screw you
-Fuck
-F--k you

(Readers: While the list could go on forever, this list contains the offensive words used by a particular student, say "Fran".  If Fran starts to use other words found to be offensive by the teacher/observer, then the list can be modified)
 

Cursing #2:  Teacher says to student "Stop cursing" (or other utterance that conveys the same meaning).
 
 
 
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