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

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s one of my arguments against excessive swearing: it loses its power. What do you do when something significant happens and you need the power of words that make an impact?

Y’all are just like hyperbolic headlines from cheap media outlets trying to get attention. You tricked me into reacting, but I vow to ignore you next time.

And of course there’s the literacy argument. You’re just interjecting words that have lost their meaning, and using the same few words for everything. Do you really not have more of a vocabulary or imagination? Or why do you add necessary words to everything when fewer words have the same meaning?

[–] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just really fucking enjoy swearing.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yet you could have said the same thing in fewer words. However now you’ve predisposed me to ignore half of what you said as overly dramatic, and if it really is that frequent, to wonder about your literacy

[–] vonbaronhans@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

This is what's known as, "being judgemental"