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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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[-] sushibowl@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

The n word is much, much worse than the other truly offensive words on your list. You can tell by how it's the only one you can't actually write out, even in a discussion on swear words.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Yep, right now it has taken the #1 spot, whereas a few decades ago it was just a normal word that people used in conversation.

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