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Old 11-05-2014, 04:43 PM #1
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Default 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

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz31QTo528e


[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]






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