BrikoXM to Interesting SharesEnglish · 1 year agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1543arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1534arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoXM to Interesting SharesEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square201fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBy punching it. If you hit a word right when it’s coming out of someone’s mouth, you can hurt the word itself
By punching it. If you hit a word right when it’s coming out of someone’s mouth, you can hurt the word itself