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

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

  • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • Rodeo@lemmy.caEnglish
      23·
      6 months ago

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