BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1524arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square194fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
Call it creative syntax