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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] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The n word is much, much worse than the other truly offensive words on your list. You can tell by how it's the only one you can't actually write out, even in a discussion on swear words.

[–] merc 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, right now it has taken the #1 spot, whereas a few decades ago it was just a normal word that people used in conversation.