@honnoinosisi555: “Using foul language is not swearing, but expressing superiority or inferiority by Comparison is. Therefore, even if one is superficially complimenting the other person, insofar as one is indirectly expressing superiority or inferiority, the statement is a swear word.” (Yu Izumi, “What is a bad mouth?” Chikuma Primer Shinsho, p. 80)
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