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

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[โ€“] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -1 points 11 months ago

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