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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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[–] harry_balzac 3 points 1 year ago

Fuck yeahhh

[–] yuki2501 3 points 1 year ago

Even in other countries you can notice. Now in Mexico we have news commentators saying chingón (a bad word that is used for praise) and "hijo de la chingada" (son of a bitch).

30 years ago saying either would get you banned from TV for life.

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

No shit.

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

About fucking time.

I am a linguist, and I also agree with this claim. Even in my own life, especially with younger people, there's a few exemplars in most average conversations. "Fucking" in adjectival position seems especially common, but that's all just anecdotal.

[–] 15liam20 2 points 1 year ago

What about flipping off the camera?

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

Social media reducing inhibitions

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