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History of Swear Words

I think it's something that I'd…I'd like to challenge people not to do

I think it's something that I'd…
I'd like to challenge people not to do

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I think it's something that I'd… I'd like to challenge people not to do.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:30
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 Seeing dick, on the other hand… - History of Swear Words 00:17
Seeing dick, on the other hand…
S01 • E02 And then that made the word shit a swear word. - History of Swear Words 00:04
And then that made the word shit a swear word.
S01 • E06 "Damn" in that context is specifically - History of Swear Words 00:09
"Damn" in that context is specifically
S01 • E03 Women pretty early on in hip-hop… - History of Swear Words 00:06
Women pretty early on in hip-hop…
S01 • E01 Then Jack Valenti came along and the MPAA said, - History of Swear Words 00:05
Then Jack Valenti came along and the MPAA said,
S01 • E02 By the 1930s, - History of Swear Words 00:09
By the 1930s,
S01 • E05 And actually led to a really famous court case where… - History of Swear Words 00:10
And actually led to a really famous court case where…
S01 • E03 There's a call to reclaim "bitch" among feminist rap in the mid '90s. - History of Swear Words 00:06
There's a call to reclaim "bitch" among femin...
S01 • E01 There are movies coming from Europe where people talk about sex, - History of Swear Words 00:06
There are movies coming from Europe where people talk about ...
S01 • E06 So her usin' that word is the word that we've heard our grandmother use. - History of Swear Words 00:05
So her usin' that word is the word that we've hear...
S01 • E02 But its glass runneth over with uses and variations, - History of Swear Words 00:08
But its glass runneth over with uses and variations,
S01 • E01 We can't act like that doesn't happen anymore." - History of Swear Words 00:06
We can't act like that doesn't happen anymore.&quo...
S01 • E03 Earliest memory of "bitch" is, of course, Queen Latifah's "U.N.I.T.Y." - History of Swear Words 00:18
Earliest memory of "bitch" is, of course, Queen La...
S01 • E06 We've felt a lot of that same sort of grief and loss in our families. - History of Swear Words 00:04
We've felt a lot of that same sort of grief and loss in...
S01 • E05 It doesn't feel good to be referred to - History of Swear Words 00:10
It doesn't feel good to be referred to
S01 • E01 And the ratings offered ways to gently introduce the concept - History of Swear Words 00:08
And the ratings offered ways to gently introduce the concept
S01 • E02 Especially over the last 50 years, "shit" has come a long way. - History of Swear Words 00:04
Especially over the last 50 years, "shit" has come...
S01 • E06 So in terms of, you know, - History of Swear Words 00:12
So in terms of, you know,
S01 • E02 It occupies this really precious real estate among profanities. - History of Swear Words 00:05
It occupies this really precious real estate among profaniti...
S01 • E01 With these rating, a G-rated movie - History of Swear Words 00:06
With these rating, a G-rated movie