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

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    106 months ago

    Does this maybe have to do with changing moral foundations? Like society becoming less religious and moving away from religion-based aversion to mention of sex and bodily functions to the point where they basically don’t count as swears anymore, while doubling down on disliking swears denigrating a protected group of people.