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

  • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    11 months ago

    Gen X broke down the gate, millennials buried the gate, and Gen Z built a monument to swearing on top of where the gate once stood

    • KlystronEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Unalive and the k word would like to have a word with you about gen z

      • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        11 months ago

        But that’s not a swear or curse word. The swear words are: shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits, damn, sonofabitch, goddamn, ass, asshole, bastard and other plays on those words.

        And I’m pretty sure the unalive thing came from TikTok pulling and censoring videos with the word kill in them.

        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          41·
          11 months ago

          I see a LOT of censoring all of those words from younger people who grew up with tiktok tho