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Profanity Bleeps Physical Pain
Grant Barrett
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2009/07/13 - 7:41am
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Profanity Bleeps Physical Pain. «A study in the journal NeuroReport finds that using socially unacceptable "swear words" has physical effects that enable the swearer to tolerate pain better. » Includes audio.

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2009/07/13 - 8:13am
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I will wait for the follow-up study on the post-swear-fest pain inflicted by the barrage of blows from mother, wife, police, or random passer-by.

I think I'll stick with "Great Googly-Moogly."

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2009/07/13 - 11:01am
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This is completely plausible, but I have a related theory: This "trick" works better for people who don't routinely swear. If a person swears sparingly, then the words will have a stronger effect when used (like drugs). And actually, that is my argument against routine swearing: What words are you going to use when you're really mad or hurt?

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