LIFESTYLE NEWS - Highly intelligent people usually view the world and the things around them differently. Research shows they usually also have a substantial supply of swear words at their disposal as well as a rich vocabulary.
Many people judge and avoid people who swear as they believe that they are unable to express themselves appropriately and are therefore limited in their thought processes as well.
It turns out that it’s not uneducated or stupid people who swear a lot.
Psychologists Kristin Jay of Marist College and Timothy Jay of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts believe it may just be the opposite.
They found that the skills to make up new swear words are closely related to having an extensive vocabulary and excellent language fluency. People with a high IQ tend to have both of these and are therefore good at coming up with novel swear words.
Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, The Citizen.
