Corporal Punishment?

B has started an icky habit of calling people names. Every once in a while, it will be a nasty one, like "poopyhead." No one wants to be called a poopyhead! Then other times he just uses a nasty tone and says something like, "You're a bad boy!" or "You dumper!" I have tried curbing this habit several ways. Nothing has worked. Today I pulled out a little technique that I learned from my mother: Say something nasty, get a drop of Tabasco on your tongue. B was pretty upset when he learned his fate, but he bravely strolled over to receive the consequences of his actions. I felt pretty awful after I did it, but kept my cool. We don't spank our children (although I really feel like it sometimes), and I didn't think I would resort to a physical punishment for any misdeed. Hopefully this discomfort of a spicy tongue will keep the yucky language out of his mouth. If not, I guess I will have to think of something else. I feel like I am always trying to think of "something else." I love that little B's ability to challenge me.