Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim - eviltoast
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

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

    • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • Rodeo@lemmy.caEnglish
        23·
        10 months ago

        As if the women who complain about the word cunt have never used dick or dickhead as an insult.