On average,students using swear words were able to keep their hand in the water for about two minutes.

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The expressions range from mild to strong, from exclamations and oaths, to curses and swear words.

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In addition,those using swear words said they experienced less pain than those who used control words.

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Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear...

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"My whole life,I'm like, I'm Mexican and I'm really -- I'm a proud Mexican-American and I swear I was an Aztec princess in my past life.

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While holding their hand underwater, they were asked to repeat a swear word.

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"It was a tradition in Anglo-American culture to swear oaths on a Bible."

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The researchers note that swear words have existed for hundreds of years.

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One of the words was chosen as their swear word.

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Swear words are said with emotion.

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If anything happens, I swear to God... Nothing's gonna happen.

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