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

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      10 months ago

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      Ngl, this isn’t always true but I’ve known a few self-described “non-swearers” who would start really, baldly vulgar conversations regularly - but they’d substitute “freak” or “screw” for “fuck”, and “crud” for “shit”, and “weiner” for “dick”. Yet when I reply “what the fuck, that’s gross”, I’m the vulgar one apparently. It’s fucking bizarre man