Rudeness and Profanities:

Due to the stupid fucking 2000 word limit imposed on this shit of an assignment my blog post for this week will be kept brief - is an example of rudeness utilising profanities for hyperbole. Turns out there are numerous uses for expletives in establishing sociocultural identity and in terms of coding as well. I was looking for a source to help illustrate uses of swearing in everyday interaction, but I found something even cooler.

Stephens and Umland (2011) have extended on 2009 work by Stephens which actually demonstrated that swearing is beneficial for dealing with a painful stimulus. They conclude that the less you swear in daily life the more power swearing has in evoking an emotional reaction which works to override the pain! It’s all about a concept of habituation, whereby the more you are exposed to something, the less effect it has. Honestly worth a read and also worth a read is a cited article on the benefits of swearing in sex in western culture.

The point of this is to demonstrate that swearing is an aspect of our daily life and is present in much of everyday interaction. It has many aforementioned uses in society and it should not be undervalued by bloody fuckin’ old prunes. Cheers.

Xoxo Gossip Mitch.

P.S. My article comes from the journal of pain. Definitely worth noting.

Stephens, R. & Umland, C. (2011) Swearing as a response to pain - Effect of daily swearing frequency. The Journal of Pain, 12(12), 1274-1281.