Love and Its Expressions in Certain Slangs of the World
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https://doi.org/10.18778/1505-9065.16.08Keywords:
slang love expressions, taboo words expressing sexuality in slangs, cultural taboos related to sexualityAbstract
One of the most frequent themes in the world, love, is the subject of many controversies. The aim of this paper is to show a little how the language of love is articulated in certain slangs of the world. Slang is frequently identified as a little crude in its expressions of love which concern mainly sexuality. However, sexuality is differently perceived in different cultures. What is considered to be very vulgar in one language is felt as less vulgar in another language and culture. Based on the assumption that we live in mostly patriarchal societies, some notions of taboos related to sexuality remain the same especially in the cultures where patriarchy is very pronounced. However, our attitude to these expressions – which reveal one intimate and frequently unconscious part of us – remains not only collective (perceiving something as vulgar for example) but also profoundly individual.
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