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Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim (www.theguardian.com)

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Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You must think everyone who swears are the literal definition of the word, which in that case I suggest you learn to keep your head out of the gutter!

Edit: you literally live in it. https://lemmy.zip/comment/6025027

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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Ngl, this isn't always true but I've known a few self-described "non-swearers" who would start really, baldly vulgar conversations regularly - but they'd substitute "freak" or "screw" for "fuck", and "crud" for "shit", and "weiner" for "dick". Yet when I reply "what the fuck, that's gross", I'm the vulgar one apparently. It's fucking bizarre man