Extra points if the word implies that the person in question is pious.
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Do you have a context?– user10893Commented Jan 8, 2012 at 2:30
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3"Mother" or "girlfriend" will do.– MetaEdCommented Jan 8, 2012 at 4:39
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1I'm not really sure how you can award extra points.– user11550Commented Jan 8, 2012 at 6:57
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2Or how about: someone who prefers no non-grammatical English around him/her?– GEdgarCommented Jan 8, 2012 at 12:43
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1I usually cuss for profane reasons, not religious ones - would your friend find me an acceptable companion?– StoneyB on hiatusCommented Aug 19, 2012 at 1:12
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"puritanical" or “straight-laced”
“prig” or “prudish” may be taken as pejorative; if that is what you intend. (Although your own term “pious” may work nicely.) - http://thesaurus.com/browse/prudish
Also – “stuffy”, or “prissy”
To someone’s face you might use “moderate”, “reserved”, or even “appropriate”, as I think most people believe appropriate language is simply language with no cussing or off-color remarks, used for large audiences and moderate minds.
Also – sensible, restrained, measured
Or - goody two-shoes! - http://thesaurus.com/browse/goody+two-shoes
Or perhaps “Ned Flanders”...
If I were you, I would use prude, never mind the context.
answered Jan 8, 2012 at 6:57
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3PRUDE: a person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity. Actually, that is not what I thought of when the OP said cussing– GEdgarCommented Jan 8, 2012 at 12:45