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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion

Using sailor mouth substitutions, students can resist the social norm of swearing and create a more colorful vocabulary. Photo credit: Claire Martinez

Students and swearing: The normalization of cursing like a sailor

Claire Martinez // May 1, 2015
Once students enter college, their vocabulary flourishes with new terms in the explicit category.
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