在老板面前文明有禮，跟哥們兒在一起臟話連篇。幾個人在一起會不會隨意說臟話似乎成了驗證他們關(guān)系深淺的一個標準。這種情況大概就是所謂的social swearing（臟話社交）吧。

　　The casual utterance of four-letter words among colleagues, a.k.a. "social swearing", allows co-workers to bond, while "annoyance swearing" (dropping an expletive in the context of doing business) can cut the tension in the office.

　　跟同事在一起時隨意說幾句臟話被稱為“臟話社交”，這種行為會增進同事間的關(guān)系；而“牢騷臟話”，即在工作時爆出幾個臟字，則可以緩解辦公室的緊張氣氛。

　　When the group was relaxed and happy, the swearing was clearly of a social kind, a sign of being "one of the gang." Under conditions of very low stress, swearing was almost entirely of the social variety.

　　當一群人開心放松的時候，隨口說出的臟話自然只是社交功能，這表明他們是“自己人”。在壓力很小的情況下，說臟話幾乎都是在為社交服務。