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

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[-] Batbro@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What are your thoughts on words that are no longer considered profanity but once were?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

It really varies on the nature of it. I think as a rule of thumb bad language should be avoided.

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