Some people with vocal tics will repeat their own or other people's words or sentences (echolalia) or using obscene words, having swearing outbursts, or generally uncontrolled vulgar language (coprolalia).
Coprolalia
Involuntary utterances of vulgar or obscene words; seen in Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome. [CancerWEB]
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This particular symptom is known as coprolalia, and is in fact relatively rare among those diagnosed with Tourettes. Most reports show between 10% and 15% of those with Tourettes as exhibiting coprolalia.
Although popularly known for causing coprolalia (involuntary utterance of vulgar language) and echolalia (involuntary repetition of words spoken by others), TS is really characterized by involuntary movements ("tics") of all kinds.
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Probably the biggest misconception about Tourette syndrome is that those suffering from the condition are frequently belting out obscenities, a symptom known as coprolalia.
Contrary to popular belief, use of curse words or other inappropriate words or phrases (coprolalia) occurs in only a small number of patients.
Perhaps the most striking example of this is coprolalia, the involuntary expression of obscene words or phrases, which occurs in less than one-third of people with Tourette syndrome.
Complex - a more severe version, which includes jumping, spinning in circles and compulsively touching things, and vocalisations such as repeating words or sounds (echolalia) and swearing (coprolalia).
Perhaps the most dramatic and disabling tics are those that result in self-harm such as punching oneself in the face, or vocal tics including coprolalia (uttering swear words) or echolalia (repeating the words or phrases of others).
Simple—throat clearing, coughing, sniffing, grunting, yelping, barking
Complex—saying words or phrases that do not make sense in a given situation, saying obscene or socially unacceptable words (called coprolalia) ...
repeating words spoken by self (palilalia) or others (echolalia); repeatedly asking the same questions
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Vocal tics may also be present such as barking, throat clearing, squealing, repetition of one's own sounds (palilalia) or the sounds of others (echolalia), and explosive, involuntary cursing (coprolalia).
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 See also: Symptom, Tics, Tic, Echolalia, Tic disorder
  
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