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

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[-] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It wasn't even that long ago when mild exclamations like d_mn and h_ll were forbidden swear words too.

[-] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

yeah, I remember that it was considered extremely edgy that Bart said words like hell, damn, crap and ass on The Simpsons. lmao

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

why the fuck are you censoring those

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