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What happened next is somewhere between fact and urban myth
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History of Swear Words

What happened next issomewhere between fact and urban myth

What happened next is
somewhere between fact and urban myth

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What happened next is somewhere between fact and urban myth.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:01
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 • E01 Uh, generally, it's not government censorship, - History of Swear Words 00:07
Uh, generally, it's not government censorship,
S01 • E03 "I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, - History of Swear Words 00:11
"I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, ...
S01 • E06 Selznick won his appeal either on the merits of his argument, - History of Swear Words 00:10
Selznick won his appeal either on the merits of his argument...
S01 • E01 Often, it's people self-censoring, - History of Swear Words 00:08
Often, it's people self-censoring,
S01 • E05 And so now it's like, "Yeah, it's all I wanna talk about." - History of Swear Words 00:07
And so now it's like, "Yeah, it's all I wanna...
S01 • E02 Other words for "shit" from the Renaissance were "beray" - History of Swear Words 00:09
Other words for "shit" from the Renaissance were &...
S01 • E05 And I think "pussy" is one of those words where we're watching it happen. - History of Swear Words 00:05
And I think "pussy" is one of those words where we...
S01 • E01 They're harmful to morality, they're harmful to children, - History of Swear Words 00:07
They're harmful to morality, they're harmful to ch...
S01 • E06 They appended the code, - History of Swear Words 00:12
They appended the code,
S01 • E04 We wanna say them more. We wanna say them all the time. - History of Swear Words 00:04
We wanna say them more. We wanna say them all the time.
S01 • E03 You got to say the word and your parents couldn't get mad, - History of Swear Words 00:12
You got to say the word and your parents couldn't get m...
S01 • E05 Before we can talk about the reclamation of "pussy," - History of Swear Words 00:08
Before we can talk about the reclamation of "pussy,&quo...
S01 • E02 But you can sort of see why they wouldn't be good swear words. - History of Swear Words 00:04
But you can sort of see why they wouldn't be good swear...
S01 • E04 However, the greatest example of "dick" in the mainstream - History of Swear Words 00:08
However, the greatest example of "dick" in the mai...
S01 • E01 People just laugh when you say "fuck." - History of Swear Words 00:09
People just laugh when you say "fuck."
S01 • E02 "Shit" is a… a little bit more bounded in terms of where it can go lexically, - History of Swear Words 00:13
"Shit" is a… a little bit more bounded in terms of...
S01 • E03 The majority of rap music in the '90s on through the 2000s - History of Swear Words 00:07
The majority of rap music in the '90s on through the 20...
S01 • E06 So in December 1939, - History of Swear Words 00:07
So in December 1939,
S01 • E05 He was a phenomenal comedian. - History of Swear Words 00:05
He was a phenomenal comedian.
S01 • E04 ♪ All the fellas out there With ladies to impress ♪ - History of Swear Words 00:23
♪ All the fellas out there With ladies to impress ♪