We f**ing knew it!
A recent piece of research in the Language Sciences journal by US-based psychologists Kristin Jay and Timothy Jay has dismissed the long-held belief that swearing is a sign of being inarticulate.
Their hypothesis aimed to disprove the theory that people who f**ing swear can’t think of any other poxy words that are more socially acceptable to use.
60 candidates were asked to list as many swear words as they possibly could in a brief period of time but they were then asked to quickly list words from other categories too.
The research showed that “taboo fluency is positively correlated with other measures of verbal fluency” meaning that people who frequently use bad language have a fairly extensive vocabulary along with a good understanding of the social environment that’s around them.
There you have it, if one of your friends keeps accusing you of swearing too much then the correct reply is…
On that note, any excuse to include this clip is always very welcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8K1H_xcZCk
