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Coprolalia and swearing tics

Swearing tics (Coprolalia) affect roughly 10% of all Tourette and tic disorder sufferers.
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Coprolalia has been portrayed in many TV shows, movies and stand-up routines for decades. The seemingly taboo nature of these tics has made it easy material for comedy. This has created a big misunderstand, that everyone with Tourette swears. Approximately 10% of sufferers do.

References to Coprolalia

Coprolalia was used jokingly in S3 E8 of The Big Bang Theory (link)

At the 2026 BAFTA’s, Tourette sufferer and advocate John Davidson yelled out a racial slur that went viral (link)

Shortly after the BAFTA’s, ‘Saturday Night Live’ created a sketch mocking Coprolalia. It involved parodies of celebrities that have been involved in scandals, using Tourette as an excuse for their behaviour (link)

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