726: Abusive Swearing (C.W.1) Dec 3, 2016

Steven Pinker, a neurolinguist, identified five types of cursing, all used for different effects. When words are used and created for the intent to insult people, or marginalize groups of people, his is called 'abusive swearing'. Not all of these words will be abusive for all time however, such as 'bad' /stonewordfacts/2016/05/365-good-bad-and-evil-dec-8-2015.html. Curse words—most believe—are stored in the limbic system, apart from most other words, which also stores emotions and could add to the interconnectivity of insulting terms and emotional responses. This idea will be explored more in posts later this week.