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540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think

Freakonomics Radio

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Should We Be Swearing More?

Allison: I'd rather somebody swear at me than ram me with their car or pull a gun on me. Timothy J: If you swear constantly, it kind of loses its oomph. Alex: When my mother was a hundred years old, we were all sitting around the table one night talking and someone said something very interesting. We have no idea where she'd learned that expression but we laughed for hours.

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