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

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[–] pan0wski@infosec.pub 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've always perceived Americans as very curse word friendly people. Not like Australians of course, but still very accepting of it.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Most are IMO. Cunt is a special case. Fuck and shit in most contexts are going to be fine.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Australians have a strange sense if humor.