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

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[-] CptInsane0@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

It comes up a lot more in professional settings than it used to. I would actually give this one to GenX and appreciate it when used correctly.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago

Gen X broke down the gate, millennials buried the gate, and Gen Z built a monument to swearing on top of where the gate once stood

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

That's fucking glorious!

[-] Klystron@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Unalive and the k word would like to have a word with you about gen z

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

But that’s not a swear or curse word. The swear words are: shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits, damn, sonofabitch, goddamn, ass, asshole, bastard and other plays on those words.

And I’m pretty sure the unalive thing came from TikTok pulling and censoring videos with the word kill in them.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

I see a LOT of censoring all of those words from younger people who grew up with tiktok tho

[-] ech@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'd say it's still not great to use in most professional settings, with the caveat that every environment is different. I'm not gonna be clutching pearls if I do run into someone that's more liberal with their curses, but I'm not going to be spouting off myself.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

I will still continue to fight swearing if I can.

[-] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Why have you chosen this hill to die on? Swearing harms no one, and makes talking more fun. I honestly take an aversion to swearing as a sign of immaturity.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

The fact that you resort to swearing is immature. I ask the people I'm around to not swear and the people that know me know my thoughts on swearing.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Resort? That's a weird way to put it. I don't even think about swearing. Sometimes "fuck" is just the perfect word for the job. Hell, pretty often it is, because the word "fuck" is so versatile. Nothing beats the literal poetry of a well placed word, and face it man sometimes that word is "fuck". Fuck fuck fuck

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

A "universal basic income" shouldn't be a thing. It encourages laziness and is more government spending which can worsen inflation.

Get fucked.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 10 months ago
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

I ask the people around me to not use such harsh language. Most people are more than happy to comply

[-] protist@mander.xyz 21 points 10 months ago

A "universal basic income" shouldn't be a thing. It encourages laziness

This is harsh language that offends me. Stop using it

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago

By punching it. If you hit a word right when it's coming out of someone's mouth, you can hurt the word itself

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