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https://mcla.edu/Assets/MCLA-Files/Academics/Undergraduate/Psychology/fluency%202015.pdf
Leaving this here for anyone who fucking needs something to slap any dipshit in the face with if they try to use that "poverty of vocabulary" myth against you because they have a puritanical crucifix crammed up their keester. Fuck them sideways all the way back to the playground to school their ignorant asses on the fact that the use of profanity and expletives in general speech is a sign of great command and mastery of the language.
(and yes, this post was a fucking masterpiece of example for the topic, thank you)
"Generally, variables associated with knowledge at the lexical level versus those associated with use need to be better defined."
These studies do a decent job of showing that people who know a lot of curse words generally have good overall vocabularies. I am sure I could write down just about every imaginable English curse word, and many in other languages, if given a pencil and paper and adequate time. However, I very rarely actually use a curse word in everyday speech, and these studies do a terrible job of distinguishing between those who know the words and those who use the words.