BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1543arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1534arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square198fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·10 months agoI love the image they attached to the article. Is that woman the chancellor of swearing or something?
minus-squareBillegh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months ago Chancellor of Pink Ladders NGL, I thought that was slang for something.
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI imagine it is, somewhere.
minus-squarethisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 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.