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Verbal · 21-08-2013, 04:38 PM

I can slowly feel myself turning into Finbarr Saunders reading this thread

DanaC · 21-08-2013, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Vicky.

Se, I am a massive hypocrite when it comes to words tbh. Because I think theres nothing better than the satisfaction of spitting that word at someone when they have pissed you off

I'll use it in certain circumstances. Whilst also beinvg aware of the fact that so many of our most negative words are names for female parts, whereas male parts don't carry anywhere near as negative s tone.

There was an experiment I saw in a programme last year, Stehen Fry I think it was, looking at language. In the experiment, they had him put his hand into very cold, icy water (and also I think very hot, but can't quite recall the details). As he did so he had to say a swear word, like he would if he was really angry or hurt or whatever. They then repeated the same experiment with replacement words (horlicks!, or fudge!) .

Using a swear word as an expletive has a physiological effect and increased the amount of time he could keep his hand in. The effect was much lessened by using replacement words. But, in their study they also found a law of diminishing returns. People with a strong sense of taboo around those words got a much greater effect from using them.