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03-25-2017, 08:02 PM
The surprising origins of your f*cking favorite swear words
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As a society, we like to swear.
Swear words have a strange power over us. It starts when we are young, when they are deliciously taboo. Then, as we age, our dependence on swear words increases to the point where as an adult, we find that the magnitude of our emotions can only be captured by cursing.
Yes, many of us have grown attached to swear words, but only a fraction of us actually k**w where they came from. What old dead languages do we have to thank for some of the best words of all time?
SEE ALSO: Here's proof that 'Finding Dory' is better with a bunch of swearing (http://mashable.com/2017/01/25/ellen-finding-dory-recut/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
We looked into this vital question and are here to report back to you what we have found. We leaned heavily on the Online Etymology Dictionary (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php) (OED) for information, in addition to various online dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/), Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com/) and the free online Oxford Dictionary (https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=online+dictionary). (The internet can teach you things, everyone.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/25/origin-of-swear-words/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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As a society, we like to swear.
Swear words have a strange power over us. It starts when we are young, when they are deliciously taboo. Then, as we age, our dependence on swear words increases to the point where as an adult, we find that the magnitude of our emotions can only be captured by cursing.
Yes, many of us have grown attached to swear words, but only a fraction of us actually k**w where they came from. What old dead languages do we have to thank for some of the best words of all time?
SEE ALSO: Here's proof that 'Finding Dory' is better with a bunch of swearing (http://mashable.com/2017/01/25/ellen-finding-dory-recut/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
We looked into this vital question and are here to report back to you what we have found. We leaned heavily on the Online Etymology Dictionary (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php) (OED) for information, in addition to various online dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/), Dictionary.com (http://www.dictionary.com/) and the free online Oxford Dictionary (https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=online+dictionary). (The internet can teach you things, everyone.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/25/origin-of-swear-words/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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