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

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[-] 15liam20@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

What about flipping off the camera?

[-] Z3Hexenal@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

Social media reducing inhibitions

[-] httpjames@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months 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

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

About fucking time.

I am a linguist, and I also agree with this claim. Even in my own life, especially with younger people, there's a few exemplars in most average conversations. "Fucking" in adjectival position seems especially common, but that's all just anecdotal.

[-] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 1 points 10 months ago
[-] lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

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

[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 10 months ago

'ai să-mi bag pula!

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

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