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You've probably always been told that swearing is lazy, a sign of bad manners and a habit to get rid of. It's thought to be because of lack of a better word in the person's vocabulary - but actually, this may not be the case.

Fluent use of profanity can be a sign of an articulate nature and a deep intelligence, or so says research from the Language Sciences journal.

A sample of students were asked to name as many swear words as they could within two minutes. After, they asked them to recite other lists of words, such as listing as many animals as possible within the same time frame.

They found that those who thought up the biggest number of swear words, also had the greatest number of responses for the other subjects allowing them to conclude that “fluency is fluency regardless of subject matter.”

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Perhaps you’d like to stroke one on a regular basis? This can be arranged. Unlike other dating apps, Bristlr is unashamedly all about hooking up the hairy with the hairless. There’s even a beard-rating option for aficionados. Free

So there we have it, while it’s still not advisable to drop F-bombs in your morning meetings, take comfort in the fact that you can think of more than one swear word as you're elbowed in the face during your morning commute.

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