Why Does Swearing Feel So Damn Good?

- Mel Evans

Let’s be honest, letting out a swear every now and then feels f*cking good, doesn’t it? Not only does a little colourful language show our passion and bring some spice to a sentence, it’s also been proven to be good for us on the inside. And we’re quite a sweary generation, with a recent study finding three-quarters of Gen Y are comfortable swearing in the office, compared to 58 percent of Gen X and Baby Boomers.

PROLIFIC PROFANITY

There has been a real change in our view of swearing. It wasn’t too long ago ‘sh*t’ was beeped on TV. Now the F-bomb’s being dropped everywhere. Monika Bednarek, senior lecturer in linguistics at the University of Sydney, examined TV in the United States and found