533
submitted 10 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/interestingshare@lemmy.zip

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago

Does this maybe have to do with changing moral foundations? Like society becoming less religious and moving away from religion-based aversion to mention of sex and bodily functions to the point where they basically don't count as swears anymore, while doubling down on disliking swears denigrating a protected group of people.

this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2024
533 points (98.4% liked)

Interesting Shares

1053 readers
158 users here now

Share interesting articles, projects, research, pictures, or videos.


Please include a prefix in your title!


Prefixes for posts

Certain clients offer filters to make prefixes searchable. Photon (m.lemmy.zip) used for hyperlinks below:


Icon attribution

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS