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

    • 567PrimeMover@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      People will use “removed” as a placeholder for whatever slur would have their post removed on a given platform.

      • whatwhatwutyut@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        I think it’s that “removed” is what some Lemmy clients will show unless you change your settings to not filter swear words. I don’t think anyone is actually typing removed in their comments

    • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      What do you mean by “Removed”?

      What was removed?