Why do we like to curse and swear so much – especially in the car?

Why do we like to curse and swear so much – especially in the car?

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Damn it, why do we like to swear so much!?






Sometimes we just have to curse. Linguist Oksana Havryliv has been researching the pleasure of coarse words for three decades – and knows why we like to use them so much.

A hearty tirade in the car, a rant on social media, a secret angry speech after an outrageous comment: we all swear, swear and insult. Even Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart probably liked to sign letters with a fulsome “Yours sincerely, Süssmaier, shit.”

Source: Stern

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