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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] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just really fucking enjoy swearing.

[–] AA5B -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yet you could have said the same thing in fewer words. However now you’ve predisposed me to ignore half of what you said as overly dramatic, and if it really is that frequent, to wonder about your literacy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is what's known as, "being judgemental"