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

  • tipicaldik@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    She married her HS sweetheart who’s been driving since he was 14. His parents took over ownership of one of our area’s tracks several years ago (there are 4 within a fifty mile radius of us) and my daughter’s been scoring the races for them ever since. I did it with her for a couple of seasons back when she first started. Fun stuff…