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submitted 10 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/interestingshare@lemmy.zip

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

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[-] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Why have you chosen this hill to die on? Swearing harms no one, and makes talking more fun. I honestly take an aversion to swearing as a sign of immaturity.

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