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"When I was about nine years old, I was smacked for calling my little brother a 'twat'."

#SuperSeptember @Andrew65 @EadieB

First but last book from my #SceptreSummer #TBR. @DuckOfDoom @Maike

Thank you, @squirrelbrain, for giving it to me.

#SuperSeptember @Andrew65 @EadieB

Been working on some new bookmarks. Loving this one! I‘m a lady with a potty mouth 😉
#fuckoff #bookmark

I wasn't sure what to expect from this book but I was quite pleased. The reasons why swearing is good for you aren't out of this world and we might know them if we really think about it, but I also enjoyed this book because it introduced me to actual studies being made in #language in relation to swearing, which is news to me. It even touches on translation which I 💕💕. I'm curious to learn more! #nonfiction

More technical and science-y than I expected but really enjoying all the info, I think I might want to learn more!! #nonfiction #language

Yes I've been meaning to read this book since I discovered it on the shelves 😆😆🧐 #nonfiction #language

“Swearing is like mustard; a great ingredient but a lousy meal.” I really enjoyed this informative and rollicking exploration of scientific studies about swearing. Most interesting: profanity helps reduce pain. Saddest: aphasia patients who retain only swear words are often prevented from using them. Byrne also writes about gender difference, swearing in the workplace and Tourette‘s (“Why This Chapter Shouldn‘t Be in This Book).

Pulp Fiction‘s script clocks in at 1.74 fucks-per-minute. […] a significant chunk of the film is made up of f-words and yet it doesn‘t get monotonous. In English, fuck can be used as a verb (Fuck you), adjective (It‘s fucked), noun (I don‘t give a fuck), and either literally (We fucked), figuratively (Don‘t fuck with me), or as an interjection on its own (FUCK!).

The spread at Feminist Book Club last night, where we discussed the tagged book, which everyone loved. It was fun to talk about swearing. Here‘s another quote: “Emotions come not as single spies but in battalions.”

Winston Churchill claimed he was rebuked by one American society hostess for asking for breast meat when offered chicken. According to Sir Winston she replied: “In this country we ask for white meat or dark meat.” To make amends, he sent the offended lady an orchid. Being Winston, he attached a note that read, “I would be obliged if you would pin this on your white meat.”

Dr Johnson, on being praised by two society ladies for having left ‘naughty words‘ out of his dictionary, replied, ‘What! My dears! Then you have been looking for them?‘

In Germany you can be fined anywhere from €300 to €600 for calling someone a daft cow, and up to €2,500 for ‘old pig.‘ Dutch, meanwhile, has a whole host of bad language to do with illness: calling a police officer a cancer sufferer (Kankerlijer) can net you two years incarceration.

Insane asylums were open to the public as freak shows and drew large crowds.

Social pain, feelings of being rejected or excluded, is as real as physical pain. Experiments with acetaminophen and marijuana (not at the same time) show that identical analgesics can relieve both social and physical pain.

Ashley Montagu, writing in the 1960s: “If women wept less they would swear more… Today instead of swooning or breaking into tears, she will often swear and then do whatever is indicated. It is, in our view, a great advance upon the old style.”
Too fucking right.

Life has been getting in the way of reading (and time on Litsy) lately. Stressful stuff like my sweetie having major surgery (she is healing well) and delightful stuff like dog sitting this adorable monkey. But I will finish the tagged book in time for Feminist Book Club on Sunday and I‘m back on track with my one short story a day project. 😊

"Legally and politically, the journey to impeachment is unlikely to be as straightforward as blowing the bad guy out of the window. Neurologically, though, it just feels so good to say. Three words with seemingly unlimited power. Impeach the motherfucker."

https://lithub.com/the-scientific-case-for-calling-the-president-a-motherfcker/

#audiobook #nonfiction

#forgood #musicalnewyear @Cinfhen @vivastory

Enjoyable and interesting. Some really sad facts about the way women who swear are viewed, though -- women with cancer who swear (more than they used to, due to the pain and stress but not necessarily about the cancer) lose most of their support networks.

This is an amazing book! ⭐🌟🌟🌟 Ever wonder why the increase in swear words online, especially in female-to-female marketing? 🤔

Research is showing that strong language can form stronger social bonds. In certain scenarios (office environment) it can help unify teams.😲 I'm loving the breakdown of the social cues and in what contexts cussing is used effectively. Check it out! 📚

#26 for 2018
Loved it!!! Highly recommend !!

I‘m trying to squeeze the tagged book in before February. I swear. Is it really good for you? I feel like we should ask Samuel L. Jackson 😉

I‘ve been pretty much on internet silence over most of Christmas (I can‘t believe I managed it 😂), but thought I‘d share my Christmas books with you all! My friend bought me the book about swearing. It‘s scary how well she knows me!😂