# @science on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXiREKqEhd3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64633150-science-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-25T01:00:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

## Caption

Researchers assessed the effects of a conventional swear word (“f**k”) and two new “swear” words identified as both emotion-arousing and distracting: “fouch” and “twizpipe.” A mixed sex group of participants completed a repeated-measures experimental design augmented by mediation analysis. The independent variable was repeating one of four different words: “f**k” vs. “fouch” vs. “twizpipe” vs. a neutral word. The dependent variables were emotion rating, humor rating, distraction rating, cold pressor pain threshold, cold pressor pain tolerance, pain perception score, and change from resting heart rate. ⁠
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Mediation analyses were conducted for emotion, humor, and distraction ratings. For conventional swearing (“f**k”), confirmatory analyses found a 32% increase in pain threshold and a 33% increase in pain tolerance, accompanied by increased ratings for emotion, humor, and distraction, relative to the neutral word condition. The new “swear” words, “fouch” and “twizpipe,” were rated as more emotional and humorous than the neutral word, but did not affect pain threshold or tolerance. Changes in heart rate and pain perception were absent. ⁠
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#cursing #curse #paintolerance #science #biology

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cursing, curse, science, paintolerance, biology

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