Swearing is emotional and creative language say researchers
 

Fecking Bollocks but Right


Theory presented to British Psychological Society conference in Birmingham
Participants played aggressive video game and held ice-cold glass of water
Dr Richard Stephens of Keele University added it explains why we swear
'We want to use more taboo words when we're emotional', he said

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[Intelligent: Dr Stephens said the average profile of a swearer is often sophisticated,
like that of the spin doctor Malcolm Tucker (played by Peter Capaldi) in TV political satire The Thick of It]






Let it all out you Tibb Feckers


Life In The Fast Lane

So you swear more when you're angry and uncomfortable.. hmmm university of 'no **** sherlock' then?

I don't swear at all, I don't see a point in it.

Of course when emotions are running higher you tend to want to use harsher words.

But people who say it casually every other word because they can't think of any other word are not using creative language.

I see a reason people use it when they are angry to express their feelings yeah but I know people that swear in every sentence during a normal conversation and it's annoying.

You Young Angel

Yes thats a Over Load
not creative

I studied Linguistics and all the lecturers swore, they're just words people decided were bad and it using them means nothing as to how creative you are with language.

:angel: Most people who swear began at a much younger age than I am.

I find if you only swear occasionally it has more effect.:hugesmile:

I know I *******king hate it when some w***ker is effing and jeffing all the bas***d time! I'm like P**s off! you ignorant c**k head!

:umm2:

Stop trying to curb my creativity jessica :idc:

Nothing expresses your feelings more than a few Eff and Bs

Fantastic post, language is there to be used.

I rarely swear but will do as the study suggests. A lady nearly swerved into me the other day and i exclaimed "Holy Feck" much to the surprise of 2 of the small LTs