Politicians dropping the f-bomb tend to be seen as acting out of emotion, but the way we use taboo language is often about what we can accomplish by violating rules.
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From 16th-century playwrights to ‘The Good Place,’ wordplay has found clever ways to get around uttering profane and blasphemous language.
A cognitive scientist observes that the words that bother college-age Americans today can cause harm.
With the taboo on swearing loosening over the past few decades, will profanity lose its effectiveness in spoken language?
Did your child just drop the F-bomb? What can you do?
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