What is the origin of common modern American swear words? Probably the most used and common swear word is the F-Word (F**K). Many others as the M-Word (M*****F*****) derive or... ... Have a question?

Most British swear-words have a history longer than that of the United States itself, evolving out of even older European languages such as ... This last one is reputed to be the origin of 'naff',

Most British swear-words have a history longer than that of the United States itself, evolving out of even older European languages such as ... This last one is reputed to be the origin of 'naff',

The more recent liberation of sexual attitudes has also been accompanied by a more relaxed attitude to the accompanying swear words, although this liberation has not yet proceeded as far as...

As with many other English words, the origin of this word is uncertain. ... I am interested in how some swear words came about, words such as d*mn, sh*t, and f**k. This is obviously quite embarrassing

Fine collection of the dirtiest swear words you have ever heard. [stupop, Sep 08 2000, last modified Oct 04 2004] ;

Professor Spears has amassed an awesome collection of synonyms for the generative act (under "occupy," p. 278, in case you're the type who likes to look up dirty words in reference books),

During my stay in South India as i noticed that most dravidian languages use altogether different swear words than the Hindi based northern languages.

that is entomology.) Where words come from is a fascinating subject, full of folklore and historical lessons. Often, popular tales of a word’s origin arise.

SEMANTIC ENIGMAS; Does the concept of swear words exist in every language? ... I can't speak for every language but I know for example that Japanese has no swear words in the language.