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• 21 Apr 17
  

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  marisyang
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• 10 Feb 14
  

  hansryanlim
  • Some cultures, especially ones that have not developed a written language, believe that spoken words can curse or bless people or can otherwise affect the world. This leads to the idea that some words are either very good or very bad.
  • they are either deistic (related to religion) or visceral (related to the human body and its functions)
  • person's ancestry or parentage.

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• 17 Mar 12
  

  Luke Tyler

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• 26 Jan 12
  

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• 24 May 09
  

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• 27 Feb 09
  

  Jeremy Buege
• 14 Oct 08
  

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• 12 Sep 08
  

  Blaga Lucian

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• 04 Jul 08
  

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• 04 Jan 08
  

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• 24 Nov 07
  

  Rogi x

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• 06 Aug 07
  

  aeron999

  We all know what "bad words" are. Unlike most other language rules, we learn about swearwords and how to use them without any real study or classroom instruction.

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• 05 Aug 07
  

  Thomas Sturge

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• 30 Jul 07
  

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  Thomas Marotta

  affect the world. This leads to the idea that some words are either very good or very bad.

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  electrasteph

  Thought I'd learn some new curse words, but alas, I know them all. Fun read, though.

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  Joel Liu

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  • But swearwords aren't quite as simple as they seem. They're paradoxical -- saying them is taboo in nearly every culture, but instead of avoiding them as with other taboos, people use them. Most associate swearing with being angry or frustrated, but people swear for a number of reasons and in a variety of situations. Swearing also serves multiple purposes in social interactions. Not only that, your brain treats swear words differently than it treats other words.
  • Virtually every language in every culture in the world has its own unique swearwords. Even different dialects of the same language can have different expletives. The very first languages probably included swearwords, but since writing evolved after speaking did, there's no record of who said the first swearword or what that word was. Because of the taboos surrounding it, written language histories also include few records of the origins of swearing. Even today, many dictionaries don't include profanity, and comparatively few studies have examined swearing.
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• 06 Sep 06
  

  Áine MacDermot

  Most researchers agree that swearing came from early forms of word magic. Studies of modern, non-literate cultures suggest that swearwords came from the belief that spoken words have power.

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• 12 Feb 06
  

  Seb Paquet

  We'll explore what makes words into swearwords, why most Americans use them and how society responds to swearing. We'll also look at one of its most fascinating aspects -- the way it affects your brain.
  
  

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