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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] 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I love the image they attached to the article. Is that woman the chancellor of swearing or something?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Chancellor of pink ladders

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Chancellor of Pink Ladders

NGL, I thought that was slang for something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I imagine it is, somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Mishal Husain swore seven times in under a minute during a recent BBC Radio 4 interview with the home secretary