Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim

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

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

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It wasn't even that long ago when mild exclamations like d_mn and h_ll were forbidden swear words too.
- yeah, I remember that it was considered extremely edgy that Bart said words like hell, damn, crap and ass on The Simpsons. lmao
- why the fuck are you censoring those

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