Wasn't Dante's last circle of hell a field of ice, where the most wretched were buried underneath?
Of course, if you go by that, then "when hell freezes over" loses its meaning....
To the topic: Nothing racist about me, but I too find overuse of ebonic slang, particularly by whitey, to be at the very least pretentious--a quality that irritates me anyway. I like the Sprite commercial where the white boy gets his baggy, hang-below-the buttcrack pants stuck in the escalator, and loses them to his embarrassment, lol.... Or the Offspring song (not really a fan of them, but I like this one) "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"--especially the part where the blacks on the street talk about "kicking his lily ass" for trying to pretend he's one of them. Hell, I hear some young punks talk about their "hood" and their "Gs" and "homies" and whatnot who wouldn't last a New York second in a real "hood", especially being all cocky like they often are....
Basically, if it's REAL, it's real. If it ain't, it's BS. And I'll treat it accordingly.
I do use "beeyatch" sometimes though, as a "softer" term for, well, you know....
As for "fudge", "shoot", "dang" or whatever, I wish I had more of a habit of using those--depending on the workplace, sometimes "cursing" is frowned upon and can land you in trouble if you do too much of it. Sometimes you gotta use SOME kind of expletive--it just comes out--so if you get in the habit of using these "substitute curse words" then you'll less likely find yourself in trouble, part of a "hostile work environment" action or whatever. None of this has happened to me, but I've been warned sometimes....
One consistently annoying term is "dude"--like "Hey DUUUDE, check this out!" This has actually been around for awhile, and I remember using it myself as a teenager--so maybe that's why I cringe when I hear grown men around me still addressing themselves--and me--that way. I outgrew it.... I understand there's no harm or disrespect in the term, it's just annoying--to me anyway.
