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Swearing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (155 words) |
 | To swear can mean either to make an oath, or to utter profanity. |
| A court witness will have to swear to tell the truth, sometimes by the name of a deity or upon things considered holy, for example a Bible or a Qur'an. |
| Use of this type of swearing in inappropriate or trivial circumstances, or in some traditions "taking the Lord's name in vain," is often considered wrong or sinful. |
| Swearing (1532 words) |
| Although much of the public angst surrounding swear words concerns their explicit meanings, a personal survey involving a wide variety of spoken sources revealed that only 7% of the swear words used were intended literally (and most of these literal examples were relatively mild words such as arse). |
| Swear words may be deliberately positioned in such a way as to create alliteration or assonance. |
| Swearing may also be beneficial as a means of relieving pent-up anger, and studies have indicated that those who swear regularly suffer less from stress than those who do not. |
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