Posts tagged as Swearing
In Which Ladies Be Yelling At People
Four Women Celebrate the Joys of Cussing Someone Out. It's like Metropolitan Diary but for real people.
We Will Soon Be Overrun By Foul-Mouthed Toddlers
Researchers have discovered that today's children are swearing at a much earlier age than those of previous generations. "By the time kids go to school now, they're saying all the words that we try to protect them from on television," says psychology professor Timothy Jay. "We find their swearing really takes off between (ages) three and four." Jay sees this as a natural outgrowth of the rise in adult swearing, i.e. the kids learn it from listening to Mommy and Daddy. Jay also found an increase in the volume of swearing done by the little ones. But there is a troubling note concerning the variety of their exclamations. READ MORE
The Obama Administration Swears Like A Sailor (And Every Previous Administration)
Breaking: A lot of people in the White House use bad words. A lot of people in every White House have used bad words, but now reporters are including those bad words and papers are happy to run those bad words. In this age of YouTube, it is harder for politicians to use bad words and not have them reported. Why do politicians use bad words? Bad words sound more authentic and passionate. The end.
Swearing Relieves Pain, Sounds Cool
Is it possible that humans developed swearing as a pain-management technique? British scientists think so. "It taps into emotional brain centers and appears to arise in the right brain, whereas most language production occurs in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain. Our research shows one potential reason why swearing developed and why it persists," Richard Stephens, pointing to a study in which 64 volunteers were able to keep their hands in a tub of ice water while swearing longer than they could while uttering a non-sweary word. As anyone who has ever felt the deep relief that letting loose a long and loud "motherFUCKER" in the aftermath of an accident will attest, there's something to it. Not yet understood: Why you can handle most blows to the body or to the extremities, but when you get smacked in the head and someone asks if you're okay your first response is always an angry, "Fuck you, I'm fine!"
Matt Taibbi Has A Bad Pottymouth
Tom Scocca: Am I the only one who sort of wishes that nice Matt Taibbi wouldn't use all those swear words? READ MORE
