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Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim (www.theguardian.com)

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year 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