Why do people swear so much nowadays?
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Why do people swear so much nowadays?
The reason swearwords attract so much attention is that they involve taboos, those aspects of our society that make us uncomfortable. These include the usual suspects – private parts, bodily functions, sex, anger, dishonesty, drunkenness, madness, disease, death, dangerous animals, fear, religion and so on.
What curse words were used in the 1800s?
Balls – shortened from ballocks.
What curse words were used in the Victorian era?
Why didn’t people swear in the 1960s?
I know that in parts of England people did swear in the 1960s, but the reason most people didn’t swear was that it was considered bad manners to swear. You never ever heard it on the radio, TV or on the movies. The same thing applied to talking about sex.
Was there a lot of swearing in the 50’s?
Bugger, bloody and bastard have left the building. No doubt there was a lot of profanity and colourful wordage used in wartime. The 50’s were nice times with the relief of peace relaxing the need for swearing. Mind you swearing has always been an Australian pastime.
What are some swear words that were used in the past?
Near come-outs of words were common. The swear words back in those days which are almost extinct now, were “criminy”, “hooey”, “phooey”, “chisler”, “rascal”, “cad”, and “heck”. In UK during WW2 and before were “bloody”, “bugger”, and “sod”.
Was there a lot of profanity used in the 50’s?
No doubt there was a lot of profanity and colourful wordage used in wartime. The 50’s were nice times with the relief of peace relaxing the need for swearing. Mind you swearing has always been an Australian pastime. Creative profanity was poetic and rarely cruel , delivered with linguistic elacrity it was how the masses kept the ‘masters’ at bay.