Swearing is a sign of intelligence, says study.
Swearing is a sign of intelligence, says study.
New research has found that dropping a f-bomb or other expletives is actually beneficial for you.
The report - which was published in the journal Lingya- said: "Swearing was long dismissed as a topic of serious research because it was assumed to be simply a sign of aggression, weak language proficiency or even low intelligence.
"We now have quite a lot of evidence that challenges this view, prompting us to reconsider the nature and power of swearing."
Scientists from The University of Keele and the University of Westminster uncovered it was "undeniably different from and more powerful than other forms of language use" and suggest it come from a separate part of the cranium than other speech.
Rude words can also "possess an emotional force that is not shared by other language forms" as it has a strong emotional power.