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

    • cmbabul@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      But that’s not a swear or curse word. The swear words are: shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits, damn, sonofabitch, goddamn, ass, asshole, bastard and other plays on those words.

      And I’m pretty sure the unalive thing came from TikTok pulling and censoring videos with the word kill in them.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 months ago

        I see a LOT of censoring all of those words from younger people who grew up with tiktok tho