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When you automatically, spontaneously swear
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History of Swear Words

When you automatically,spontaneously swear, it's an evolutionary old reflex

When you automatically,
spontaneously swear, it's an evolutionary old reflex

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When you automatically, spontaneously swear,
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it's an evolutionary old reflex.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:56
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E05 It's because it is denigrating a woman's body part. - History of Swear Words 00:06
It's because it is denigrating a woman's body part...
S01 • E06 It's hard for contemporary people to understand or imagine how this would work. - History of Swear Words 00:06
It's hard for contemporary people to understand or imag...
S01 • E03 A real Hungarian noblewoman - History of Swear Words 00:06
A real Hungarian noblewoman
S01 • E01 Apparently, swear words live in, like, a different part of your brain. - History of Swear Words 00:05
Apparently, swear words live in, like, a different part of y...
S01 • E06 So, in the Catholic tradition, - History of Swear Words 00:11
So, in the Catholic tradition,
S01 • E04 It's hard for words, once they become a swear word or have a negative association, - History of Swear Words 00:06
It's hard for words, once they become a swear word or h...
S01 • E05 Now I'm at a real crossroads with the word "pussy," - History of Swear Words 00:07
Now I'm at a real crossroads with the word "pussy,...
S01 • E02 - Fuck. - ♪ A, B, C, D, E… ♪ - History of Swear Words 00:05
- Fuck. - ♪ A, B, C, D, E… ♪
S01 • E04 In the '60s and '70s, - History of Swear Words 00:05
In the '60s and '70s,
S01 • E05 But, like, that connection is, like - History of Swear Words 00:08
But, like, that connection is, like
S01 • E01 There's a deeper, more emotional, - History of Swear Words 00:07
There's a deeper, more emotional,
S01 • E04 But in America, it was also the era of tricky Dick Nixon. - History of Swear Words 00:05
But in America, it was also the era of tricky Dick Nixon.
S01 • E03 Legendary editor of Vogue. Ice-cold bitch. - History of Swear Words 00:04
Legendary editor of Vogue. Ice-cold bitch.
S01 • E06 Daaaamn, that's hardcore. - History of Swear Words 00:05
Daaaamn, that's hardcore.
S01 • E01 Deep in the middle of the brain, - History of Swear Words 00:07
Deep in the middle of the brain,
S01 • E05 You know, we should be calling people, like, "ball sacks." - History of Swear Words 00:07
You know, we should be calling people, like, "ball sack...
S01 • E04 That's one of the times it really started to take hold in the culture. - History of Swear Words 00:04
That's one of the times it really started to take hold ...
S01 • E06 And you know that whoever said that never just said it, like, "God's bones." - History of Swear Words 00:06
And you know that whoever said that never just said it, like...
S01 • E02 Pieces of… - History of Swear Words 00:05
Pieces of…
S01 • E03 "Bitch" is one of the few slurs - History of Swear Words 00:06
"Bitch" is one of the few slurs