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What makes a curse word a curse word?
For a word to qualify as a swear word it must have the potential to offend — crossing a cultural line into taboo territory. As a general rule, swear words originate from taboo subjects. These words are uttered so rarely that they still have the power to make people cringe.
What causes Tourette’s to swear?
2000), suggests that it’s caused by damage to the amygdala, a region of the brain that normally mitigates anger and aggression. Because cursing is a form of verbal aggression, amygdala damage could result in the inability to control aggression, including verbal aggression, or cursing.
Although cooccurrence of TS and schizophrenia is rarely reported, similarities suggest that relationship between these diagnoses might be. Therefore, whenever a patient presents with either of this diagnosis, evaluation should include the other disorders.
Can Tourette’s cause swear words?
The involuntary utterance of swear words, or other inappropriate remarks, is actually only experienced by around 10\% of Tourette’s sufferers. It is one of the possible symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome, but has its own name entirely – Coprolalia.
What is Tourette’s syndrome?
The condition is actually called coprolalia The most widely-known symptom of Tourette’s syndrome is the verbal tics that result in people blurting out swear words, however, this is actually very rare among sufferers.
Do all people with Tourette syndrome use inappropriate language?
The reality is that most people with Tourette do not excessively or uncontrollably use inappropriate language. Known as coprolalia, this only affects about 1 in 10 people with Tourette. Coprolalia is a complex tic that is difficult to control or suppress, and people who have this tic often feel embarrassed by it.
Do people with Tourette’s have tics?
To have a tic is a like having an urge to do something that comes perfectly natural to you, like breathing, blinking, coughing Right. To start of with I have to tell you that 90\% of people with Tourette’s Syndrome do not swear. Only 10\% have coprolalia – the swearing side of Tourette’s.