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Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim (www.theguardian.com)

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

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

That's fucking glorious!

[–] Klystron@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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.com 3 points 8 months ago

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