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Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim (www.theguardian.com)

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

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[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What's wrong with removed?

[–] 567PrimeMover@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

People will use “removed” as a placeholder for whatever slur would have their post removed on a given platform.

[–] whatwhatwutyut@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

I think it's that "removed" is what some Lemmy clients will show unless you change your settings to not filter swear words. I don't think anyone is actually typing removed in their comments

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

What do you mean by "Removed"?

What was removed?