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History of Swear Words

It's a substitute for a word to mean that word

It's a substitute for a word to mean that word

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It's a substitute for a word
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to mean that word.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:44
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
Genres
documentary, comedy

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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 • E03 In fact, the last line of The Rolling Stones' song "Start Me Up," - History of Swear Words 00:19
In fact, the last line of The Rolling Stones' song &quo...
S01 • E01 And it was analogous that that same year, 1989, - History of Swear Words 00:11
And it was analogous that that same year, 1989,
S01 • E04 That is so stressful if you're a girl, like… - History of Swear Words 00:08
That is so stressful if you're a girl, like…
S01 • E05 It was, like, electric inside my body. Just to read the word "pussy." - History of Swear Words 00:10
It was, like, electric inside my body. Just to read the word...
S01 • E06 But if that's what gets you through the day, - History of Swear Words 00:05
But if that's what gets you through the day,
S01 • E04 But, like, if you're a girl and you wanna eat a banana on the bus, - History of Swear Words 00:15
But, like, if you're a girl and you wanna eat a banana ...
S01 • E06 You get more and more uses of the word "damn." - History of Swear Words 00:19
You get more and more uses of the word "damn."
S01 • E05 A lot of our slang terms for genitalia, um, also have analogs to animals. - History of Swear Words 00:06
A lot of our slang terms for genitalia, um, also have analog...
S01 • E01 It's just people finally saying these things on record, - History of Swear Words 00:11
It's just people finally saying these things on record,
S01 • E03 I mean, she completely owned who she was, - History of Swear Words 00:08
I mean, she completely owned who she was,
S01 • E05 Because sex is an animalistic act - History of Swear Words 00:08
Because sex is an animalistic act
S01 • E01 When you hear people say "Fuck the police," - History of Swear Words 00:07
When you hear people say "Fuck the police,"
S01 • E04 It doesn't matter, you know, how old you are, - History of Swear Words 00:06
It doesn't matter, you know, how old you are,
S01 • E03 ♪ If you suck my pussy, baby I'll suck your dick ♪ - History of Swear Words 00:10
♪ If you suck my pussy, baby I'll suck your dick ♪
S01 • E02 I mean, you can't just say in one fell swoop - History of Swear Words 00:07
I mean, you can't just say in one fell swoop
S01 • E06 Which brings us back to the story of Gone With the Wind. - History of Swear Words 00:04
Which brings us back to the story of Gone With the Wind.
S01 • E01 And that's how I got here. Because there's no other option." - History of Swear Words 00:11
And that's how I got here. Because there's no othe...
S01 • E06 It was a big deal to use the word "damn" in a Hollywood film in 1939. - History of Swear Words 00:06
It was a big deal to use the word "damn" in a Holl...
S01 • E03 - What year is this from? - ♪ Oh, baby ♪ - History of Swear Words 00:06
- What year is this from? - ♪ Oh, baby ♪
S01 • E04 It goes away for a while, and they say it's dead but then it always comes back. - History of Swear Words 00:05
It goes away for a while, and they say it's dead but th...