Why do we have words that we “aren’t supposed to say”? What decides what makes a swear word a bad word?
It can’t be meaning, because “poop” is fine and
“shit” is not. Or “sex” or “ruin” is fine, but “fuck” is not.
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Curse words tend to reflect whatever is most taboo in a society, so if the worst curse words are blasphemous, it’s probably a very religious society, and if they’re sexual, it’s probably a very prudish society, etc.
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