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Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim (www.theguardian.com)
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Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

It wasn't even that long ago when mild exclamations like d_mn and h_ll were forbidden swear words too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

yeah, I remember that it was considered extremely edgy that Bart said words like hell, damn, crap and ass on The Simpsons. lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

why the fuck are you censoring those