外刊精读84期:讲脏话的奇妙益处

外刊精读84期:讲脏话的奇妙益处

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The Case for Cursing

July 27, 2017, The New York Times

You know when you stub your toe and involuntarily utter an expletive? You probably didn’t give it much thought, but you might have been on to something.

As children we’re taught that cursing, even when we’re in pain, is inappropriate, betrays a limited vocabulary or is somehow low class in that ambiguous way many cultural lessons suggest. But profanity serves a physiological, emotional and social purpose — and it’s effective only because it’s inappropriate.