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And maybe, all of his swearing is a form of Tourette's syndrome. Let's not rationalize it here, I doubt either one of us holds a PhD in psychology.

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Those of us that actually have Tourette's syndrome really get pissed when people confuse it with Coprolalia [1]. Seeing as we're having a nice "lets-all-be-PC" hug-fest in this thread, perhaps we can stop being insensitive to people in this case as well?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolalia

It was a joke. Tourette's/Coprolalia refers to having a tick like behavior that might cause swearing. It is laughable that his writing is caused by Tourette'ssyndrome /Coprolalia.

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