BrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 6 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1542arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1533arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square199fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-square@feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoYeah, they’re shit - pissbaby, chucklefuck, all that other saccharine bullshit. Just call a cunt a cunt and be done with it. I know it’s offensive to women’s wonderful genitals but it’s so percussive.
minus-square@Rodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish-1•6 months agoAs if the women who complain about the word cunt have never used dick or dickhead as an insult.
Yeah, they’re shit - pissbaby, chucklefuck, all that other saccharine bullshit. Just call a cunt a cunt and be done with it. I know it’s offensive to women’s wonderful genitals but it’s so percussive.
As if the women who complain about the word cunt have never used dick or dickhead as an insult.