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History of Swear Words

"Damn" is… It can be like, uh…you got a paper cut. "Ah, damn." I think "goddamn" carries...

"Damn" is… It can be like, uh…
you got a paper cut. "Ah, damn." I think "goddamn" carries more gravity
that takes you right into church

Full Transcript

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"Damn" is…
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It can be like, uh… you got a paper cut. "Ah, damn."
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I think "goddamn" carries more gravity that takes you right into church.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
92
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:14
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
Genres
documentary, comedy

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Movie Summary

An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed hosted by Nicolas Cage. A loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words.
S01 • E04 Much like a "dick," Nixon kept popping up in places he didn't need to be, - History of Swear Words 00:08
Much like a "dick," Nixon kept popping up in place...
S01 • E02 To understand the relationship between the brain and the profane, - History of Swear Words 00:10
To understand the relationship between the brain and the pro...
S01 • E05 Dirty versions of comic books, books that were printed by small presses. - History of Swear Words 00:05
Dirty versions of comic books, books that were printed by sm...
S01 • E01 "It's just that I will miss you all so much." - History of Swear Words 00:09
"It's just that I will miss you all so much."
S01 • E03 Don't get rid of "bitch." - History of Swear Words 00:05
Don't get rid of "bitch."
S01 • E04 As we moved into the more progressive Gen-X political climate - History of Swear Words 00:10
As we moved into the more progressive Gen-X political climat...
S01 • E05 The 1937 novel I Can Get It For You Wholesale - History of Swear Words 00:13
The 1937 novel I Can Get It For You Wholesale
S01 • E06 I don't say "goddamn" because I am not a Black man from the South. - History of Swear Words 00:04
I don't say "goddamn" because I am not a Blac...
S01 • E03 …people who see you and hear you will think, - History of Swear Words 00:12
…people who see you and hear you will think,
S01 • E01 "God damn the whole fuckin' world and everyone in it but you, Carlotta." - History of Swear Words 00:11
"God damn the whole fuckin' world and everyone in ...
S01 • E02 Phineas Gage was on a job to lay railroad near Cavendish, Vermont. - History of Swear Words 00:05
Phineas Gage was on a job to lay railroad near Cavendish, Ve...
S01 • E06 Before the 1600s, there was some speculation - History of Swear Words 00:14
Before the 1600s, there was some speculation
S01 • E04 A man named Dick Swett decides he wants to run for Congress. - History of Swear Words 00:05
A man named Dick Swett decides he wants to run for Congress.
S01 • E02 Boy, oh, boy. Lucky me. Another day, another hole in the ground. - History of Swear Words 00:06
Boy, oh, boy. Lucky me. Another day, another hole in the gro...
S01 • E05 You just pick the book up, put it inside another book, - History of Swear Words 00:10
You just pick the book up, put it inside another book,
S01 • E03 I think that there's a certain weird magic to slurs, - History of Swear Words 00:13
I think that there's a certain weird magic to slurs,
S01 • E01 "Fuck, a bullet wound." - History of Swear Words 00:14
"Fuck, a bullet wound."
S01 • E04 Meldrim complains to the ballot law commission that Mr. Swett - History of Swear Words 00:09
Meldrim complains to the ballot law commission that Mr. Swet...
S01 • E02 It ignited and blew a three-foot-six-inch iron rod - History of Swear Words 00:09
It ignited and blew a three-foot-six-inch iron rod
S01 • E06 I like this idea of referring to entire cultures by their most unique swear words. - History of Swear Words 00:05
I like this idea of referring to entire cultures by their mo...