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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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[-] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

You're fucking welcome! Lord knows I've been doing my part.

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