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

  • @frunch
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    371 year ago

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

    • @CluckN
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      101 year ago

      Chancellor of pink ladders

      • Billegh
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        31 year ago

        Chancellor of Pink Ladders

        NGL, I thought that was slang for something.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

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