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  • Taboo words’ impact mediated by context, listeners’ likelihood of being offended

    Aug 10, 2017 8:00 am by Sharita ForrestResearch
    educational psychology professor Kiel Christianson . Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • educational psychology professor Kiel Christianson . Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    'Depending on the identity of the speaker and the appropriateness of the situation in which they say it, a given taboo word may have stronger or weaker psychologica...effects'