Siteadmin, Check users, oversight, Administrators
350,900
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 7:
Line 7: − +
Using swear words is negatively correlated with conscientiousness, agreeableness and religiosity http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2012/may-june-12/the-science-of-swearing.html
Over time, the perceived offensiveness of some expressions has changed. Up to the twentieth century the most offensive terms were religious. Many exclamations we find completely inoffensive are euphemistic renditions of blasphemy. The twentieth century saw a shift to sexual terms as the most offensive. Recently racial terms have grown in their offensiveness (the "N" word was commonplace and acceptable until the mid-nineteenth century, it is now too offensive even for use in male-only settings) due to [[political correctness]].<ref>http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/751/Nigger.html</ref>
Over time, the perceived offensiveness of some expressions has changed. Up to the twentieth century the most offensive terms were religious. Many exclamations we find completely inoffensive are euphemistic renditions of blasphemy. The twentieth century saw a shift to sexual terms as the most offensive. Recently racial terms have grown in their offensiveness (the "N" word was commonplace and acceptable until the mid-nineteenth century, it is now too offensive even for use in male-only settings) due to [[political correctness]].<ref>http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/751/Nigger.html</ref>
== Swearing is negatively correlated with conscientiousness, agreeableness and religiosity ==
== Using swear words is negatively correlated with conscientiousness, agreeableness and religiosity ==
Swearing is negatively correlated with conscientiousness, agreeableness and religiosity.<ref>[http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2012/may-june-12/the-science-of-swearing.html ''The Science of Swearing''] By Timothy Jay and Kristin Janschewitz, Association for Psychological Science</ref>
Swearing is negatively correlated with conscientiousness, agreeableness and religiosity.<ref>[http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2012/may-june-12/the-science-of-swearing.html ''The Science of Swearing''] By Timothy Jay and Kristin Janschewitz, Association for Psychological Science</ref>