You mean like a word like "stupid"? :-) You most likely prefer "retarded" because it's feels different, and this is closely tied to it being a "no-no word". Sw

You mean like a word like "stupid"? :-) You most likely prefer "retarded" because it's feels different, and this is closely tied to it being a "no-no word". Swear words trigger a different part of the brain (limbic system and basal ganglia), so they feel more emotive, but if we didn't train ourselves to store them that way, they wouldn't. http://harvardsciencereview.com/2014/01/23/the-science-of-swearing/ http://harvardsciencereview.com/2014/01/23/the-science-of-sw...