BrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 6 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1512arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square178fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-square@theneverfoxlinkEnglish2•6 months 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