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Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck

Poll: In my real world daily life ...
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I never use profanity.
2.27%
 1 2.27%
I rarely use profanity.
15.91%
 7 15.91%
I sometimes use insults, but I do not consider them profanity.
2.27%
 1 2.27%
I use profanity moderately.
31.82%
 14 31.82%
I use profanity a lot but I wish I didn't.
2.27%
 1 2.27%
I use profanity all the time. If you don't like it, too fucking bad.
45.45%
 20 45.45%
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RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck
January 27, 2014 at 5:59 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BcdY_wSklo


Quote:The strange emotional power of swearing - as well as the presence of linguistic taboos in all cultures - suggests that taboo words tap into deep and ancient parts of the brain. In general, words have not just a denotation but a connotation: an emotional coloring distinct from what the word literally refers to, as in principled versus stubborn and slender versus scrawny. The difference between a taboo word and its genteel synonyms, such as shit and feces, cunt and vagina, or fucking and making love, is an extreme example of the distinction. Curses provoke a different response than their synonyms in part because connotations and denotations are stored in different parts of the brain.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/389762/Steven-...y-We-Curse

^ A transcript of his talk in that video above.
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Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck

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Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Cinjin - January 27, 2014 at 5:11 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Sejanus - January 27, 2014 at 5:18 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Jacob(smooth) - January 27, 2014 at 5:35 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Rayaan - January 27, 2014 at 5:59 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Cinjin - January 27, 2014 at 3:11 pm
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - January 27, 2014 at 8:25 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by No_God - January 27, 2014 at 8:29 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - January 27, 2014 at 8:31 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by No_God - January 27, 2014 at 8:35 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Shaggy - January 27, 2014 at 9:12 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Fruity - January 27, 2014 at 10:52 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Darkstar - January 29, 2014 at 1:13 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Jacob(smooth) - January 27, 2014 at 11:07 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Fruity - January 27, 2014 at 11:28 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by SteelCurtain - January 27, 2014 at 11:31 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Jacob(smooth) - January 27, 2014 at 12:20 pm
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Minimalist - January 27, 2014 at 12:33 pm
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by FlyingNarwhal - January 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Silver - January 27, 2014 at 8:46 pm
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Cinjin - January 28, 2014 at 2:12 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Drich - January 27, 2014 at 10:01 pm
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Jackalope - January 27, 2014 at 11:06 pm
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Fruity - January 28, 2014 at 2:20 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by c172 - January 28, 2014 at 2:30 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Faith No More - January 28, 2014 at 2:59 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Silver - January 28, 2014 at 3:01 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Tonus - January 28, 2014 at 7:15 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Shaggy - January 28, 2014 at 4:21 pm
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by c172 - January 29, 2014 at 1:15 am
RE: Shit, Ass, Damn, Piss, Fuck - by Nine - January 29, 2014 at 7:01 pm

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