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

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

Why were you swearing? It serves no purpose really.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 39 points 10 months ago

Profanity has existed for thousands of years in almost all languages and cultures for a reason, it absolutely serves a purpose.

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