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Examine what obscene language does — insult, intensify, dismiss, emphasize, describe, or express emotion.

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Admiration

Used positively to express approval, respect, amazement, toughness, skill, or impressed reaction.

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Affection

Used familiarly or positively between speakers despite an otherwise insulting or taboo literal meaning.

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Character judgment

Used to evaluate or condemn a person’s personality, behavior, intelligence, morality, or social conduct.

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Complaint

Used to express annoyance, dissatisfaction, frustration, discomfort, or displeasure.

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Description

Used to characterize a person, object, situation, condition, or quality rather than simply express emotion.

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Dismissal

Used to reject, disregard, belittle, refuse, or express lack of concern for someone or something.

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Emphasis

Used to strengthen or intensify the force of an otherwise ordinary statement.

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Exclamation

Used as a standalone or near-standalone emotional reaction to surprise, pain, anger, disbelief, excitement, or frustration.

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Insult

Directed at a person or group to demean, offend, ridicule, or express contempt.

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Intensifier

Inserted into an expression to increase its emotional, evaluative, or rhetorical strength.

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Sexual reference

Used directly or figuratively to refer to sexual anatomy, activity, behavior, or desire.

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Threat

Used within language intended to intimidate, warn, menace, or imply harm or retaliation.

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