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

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I love the image they attached to the article. Is that woman the chancellor of swearing or something?

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Chancellor of pink ladders

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Chancellor of Pink Ladders

NGL, I thought that was slang for something.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I imagine it is, somewhere.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

Mishal Husain swore seven times in under a minute during a recent BBC Radio 4 interview with the home secretary