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Many people think that swearing is cathartic
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History of Swear Words

Many people thinkthat swearing is cathartic

Many people think
that swearing is cathartic

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Many people think that swearing is cathartic.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
127
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:52
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E01 What did he do? He... You know, was he the original fuckboy? - History of Swear Words 00:05
What did he do? He... You know, was he the original fuckboy?
S01 • E03 When I was working at Merriam-Webster, I noticed that the entry for "bitch" - History of Swear Words 00:08
When I was working at Merriam-Webster, I noticed that the en...
S01 • E02 That when you have some bottled-up emotions, it's useful. - History of Swear Words 00:05
That when you have some bottled-up emotions, it's usefu...
S01 • E01 There's so many different ways to talk about "fuck." - History of Swear Words 00:11
There's so many different ways to talk about "fuck...
S01 • E06 And when they did that, the person was like, "Damn!" - History of Swear Words 00:10
And when they did that, the person was like, "Damn!&quo...
S01 • E05 It's in the late 1800s, early 1900s, - History of Swear Words 00:08
It's in the late 1800s, early 1900s,
S01 • E02 If you're pushing a human through your body and out of your vagina, - History of Swear Words 00:09
If you're pushing a human through your body and out of ...
S01 • E03 It just said that the word "bitch" - History of Swear Words 00:10
It just said that the word "bitch"
S01 • E01 He never gets married because he's always fuckin' around, - History of Swear Words 00:09
He never gets married because he's always fuckin' ...
S01 • E02 You don't wanna have to say, "Oh, my God, I'm pushing this human…" - History of Swear Words 00:08
You don't wanna have to say, "Oh, my God, I'm...
S01 • E03 It didn't say that it was a disapproving or disparaging word. - History of Swear Words 00:06
It didn't say that it was a disapproving or disparaging...
S01 • E05 If someone's calling, like, someone a pussy, - History of Swear Words 00:05
If someone's calling, like, someone a pussy,
S01 • E04 It only took a decade or so for "Dick" to go from - History of Swear Words 00:08
It only took a decade or so for "Dick" to go from
S01 • E06 It's on our money, in our sports and on our cars. - History of Swear Words 00:05
It's on our money, in our sports and on our cars.
S01 • E05 "You a pussy. You a pussy-ass bitch." - History of Swear Words 00:10
"You a pussy. You a pussy-ass bitch."
S01 • E03 So that really is kind of what sent me down the rabbit hole of… of "bitch," - History of Swear Words 00:10
So that really is kind of what sent me down the rabbit hole ...
S01 • E01 They all fucked. But the motherfucker's brother, - History of Swear Words 00:06
They all fucked. But the motherfucker's brother,
S01 • E06 And it's the only one of our swear words that has only ever had one meaning. - History of Swear Words 00:06
And it's the only one of our swear words that has only ...
S01 • E04 We've been able to track it changing from a word that was a nickname, - History of Swear Words 00:11
We've been able to track it changing from a word that w...
S01 • E02 - Okay, cool. Let's go. Is it freezing? - So… - History of Swear Words 00:15
- Okay, cool. Let's go. Is it freezing? - So…