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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] 1 points 1 year ago

First the advertising platforms started getting called social, now swearing at each other is social. Shit is shit.

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

There was a study that showed swearing can be good for you, especially when you're feeling pain. So I'm all fucking for it

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[–] Falcon 1 points 1 year ago

:yawn:

[–] Crashumbc 0 points 1 year ago

Duh, because it's just another means of control. They are just words like any other.

[–] PanArab -1 points 1 year ago

Not in the whole world thankfully

[–] boatsnhos931 -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Where I'm from it's a marker of lower intelligence. It demonstrates that you lack the vocabulary to clarify how you feel so instead you use the same words kids use. ITS GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE!!!

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