BrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 11 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up1543arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1534arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square201fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-square@frunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish37•11 months agoI love the image they attached to the article. Is that woman the chancellor of swearing or something?
minus-squareBilleghlinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months ago Chancellor of Pink Ladders NGL, I thought that was slang for something.
minus-square@feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoI imagine it is, somewhere.
minus-square@thisbenzingringlinkEnglish2•11 months ago Mishal Husain swore seven times in under a minute during a recent BBC Radio 4 interview with the home secretary
I love the image they attached to the article. Is that woman the chancellor of swearing or something?
Chancellor of pink ladders
NGL, I thought that was slang for something.
I imagine it is, somewhere.