>>Wikipedia does in fact corroborate your post.
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>>"Tourette's was once considered a rare and bizarre syndrome, most often associated with the exclamation of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks (coprolalia). However, this symptom is present in only a small minority of people with Tourette's"
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>>And later
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>>"(the spontaneous utterance of socially objectionable or taboo words or phrases) is the most publicized symptom of Tourette's, but it is not required for a diagnosis of Tourette's. According to the Tourette Syndrome Association, fewer than 15% of Tourette's patients exhibit coprolalia"
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>Well, I certainly never found a compulsion to use swear words (as I do had a compulsion, more in my youth than now, to twist my face in strange ways).
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>I might be the movie industry who publicized those extreme cases.
Thanks for sharing, Hilmar. For my nephew, the most noticeable tic until he was treated was nose-picking. Not a behavior that makes you popular with the other kids, that's for sure.
Tamar
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