Taboo language is one of its most intriguing facets. These "off limits" words—a category ranging from insults and swear words through to racial slurs and hate speech—have extraordinary power.
Using swear words “decreased perceived pain,” Stephens wrote in the study, and this allowed the people in the study to keep their hands submerged for an average of 160 seconds, a full minute ...
dropping an average of 16.30 F-Bombs and other curse words per day. No other Mid-Atlantic city ranked in the top 50. Washington, D.C., often the focus of swear words, is number three on the list ...