BrikoXcakeM to Interesting [email protected]English • 6 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1524arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoXcakeM to Interesting [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square195fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-squareBoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-26 months agoIt wasn’t even that long ago when mild exclamations like d_mn and h_ll were forbidden swear words too.
minus-squarebigboopballs [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish6•6 months agoyeah, I remember that it was considered extremely edgy that Bart said words like hell, damn, crap and ass on The Simpsons. lmao
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