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  2. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  3. Pop Quiz: Why Can't 'Swear Words' Be Said on TV? - AOL

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    Sitcoms and family shows have been making substitutions like "sugar" and "fudge" for expletives and curse words for quite some time. Newsy itself has a standards team that deals with that question ...

  4. Seven dirty words - Wikipedia

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    The seven dirty words are seven English language profanity words that American comedian George Carlin first listed in his 1972 "Seven Words You Can Never Say on ...

  5. Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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    In Québec French, swear words can be combined into more powerful combinations to express extreme anger or disgust. [2] These intricate uses of French profanities can be difficult to master. The combinations are endless; some people in both Quebec and francophone communities in other provinces community consider mixing and matching swear words ...

  6. Cursing is a sign of high intelligence, study shows - AOL

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    The study revealed that people who could name the most swear words in one minute tend to have a greater overall vocabulary. In the end, the participants of the study were able to come up with 533 ...

  7. The historical origins of 6 swear words - AOL

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    Sometimes, everyday speech just can't convey your meaning. You need words with a little more oomph ? expletives.

  8. History of Swear Words - Wikipedia

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    Hosted by Nicolas Cage, the unscripted series explores the History of Swear Words through interviews with experts in etymology, popular culture, history and entertainment, with each episode diving into the origins, usage and cultural impact of specific curse words: fuck, shit, bitch, dick, pussy and damn.

  9. Dutch profanity - Wikipedia

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    Religious curse words also make up a considerable part of the Dutch profanity vocabulary. Aside from these categories, the Dutch language has many words that are only used for animals; these words are insulting when applied to people. English terms often complement the Dutch vocabulary, and several English curse words are commonly in use.