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The attraction for talking about "sex" moved the ranking of the most used words
It has increased the use of words like "sex", "celebrity", "christmas" and "mortgage" while terms have fallen into disuse as "modesty", "gentleman" and "marriage".
A study by researchers in linguistics from the University of Lancaster evaluated the words used today, and compared with those used 50 years ago found that terms such as " modesty " , " gentleman " and "marriage" are less common these days are far less used today , while words like "sex", "celebrity" and " christmas " had a significant increase , as published by the British newspaper daily Mail The word "sex" is now more common than for example in the 60s that involved just sexual release .
Meanwhile, the study also found that women increasingly think less about sex , maybe not in the word but in the act itself.
The researchers classified the 2,500 words used and compared with the same list 50 years ago. Also students of Lancaster University found that "marriage" , " youth " , "God" and "religion" declined in popularity while " mortgage " , "movies" , "celebrities" and "sex" become important .
The aim of this study is to create a base of English vocabulary , according to the project leader Vaclav Brezina . Explains the use of the term 'sex' is the extensive debate that the issue has become in recent years.
The investigation also raised the change of meaning of ancient words , with the advent of technology. Some examples are "red " and "user" and related computers. In addition it was found that the term "man" is used 62 times less , while the " woman " increased 34 times.
" Family" rose 55 points , but " husband " , " wife " , " marriage" and " children " were less used .
Words such as "dear " , " servant " , "hungry", " plow " , " comb " , among others , are disappearing from the vocabulary according to the survey.
