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From: Boston.com

Why Tom Brady’s F-Bombs Are A-OK

Boston.com:

Nope, when it came to Brady and his F-Bombs, we pulled an anti-Rolling Stone and decided to do some reporting.

In 2012, the Association for Psychological Science published a piece called “The Science of Swearing” in which its authors studied more than 10,000 episodes of public swearing by adults and children.

“Swearing can occur with any emotion and yield positive or negative outcomes. Our work so far suggests that most uses of swear words are not problematic . . . and rarely have we witnessed negative consequences,” authors Timothy Jay and Kristin Janschewitz wrote.

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