Where u think.........

[Aril Problym]

I don't know if this has been discussed before......but I was thinking.....Where do yall think cuss/swear words originated from.....I'm curious.............Who decided one day to call someone a stupid muthafuckin asshole?.......Who invented cussing?..........

[ATL]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profanity

wikipedia is the muthafuckin shit. but goddamn it doesnt say where the words started..

[Kinetik']

someone who was in a really bad mood.

[Aril Problym]

Originally Posted by ATL™

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profanity

wikipedia is the muthafuckin shit. but goddamn it doesnt say where the words started..

I'd like to know the origins.....but thx

[Lieutenant]

well, in 1642, the first use of "fuck" was reported, when a man stepped on a rake while looking at a flock of birds. He screamed "fuck" mistakenly while trying to say "flock". He thought to himself, "woah shit, thats a good word"... and cussing formed.

[The Coldest]

idk where thay came from, but who determined they were bad? like why did society all of a sudden say it is illmannered to say those things... for every cuss word there is a word commonly used to replace it?

[JohnS]

the playwright William Shakespeare is said to have invented a lot.

[JohnS]

" The evolution of written profanity began roughly in the
sixteenth century, and continues to change with each generation that
it sees. Profanity is recognized in many Shakespearean works, and has
continually evolved into the profane language used today. Some cuss
words have somehow maintained their original meanings throughout
hundreds of years, while many others have completely changed meaning
or simply fallen out of use.
William Shakespeare, though it is not widely taught, was not a
very clean writer. In fact, he was somewhat of a potty mouth. His
works encompassed a lot of things that some people wish he had not.
"That includes a fair helping of sex, violence, crime, horror,
politics, religion, anti-authoritarianism, anti-semitism, racism,
xenophobia, sexism, jealousy, profanity, satire, and controversy of
all kinds" (Macrone 6). In his time, religious and moral curses were
more offensive than biological curses. Most all original (before
being censored) Shakespearean works contain very offensive profanity,
mostly religious, which is probably one of many reasons that his works
were and are so popular. "Shakespeare pushed a lot of buttons in his
day- which is one reason he was so phenomenally popular. Despite what
they tell you, people like having their buttons pushed" (Macrone 6).
Because his works contained so many of these profane words or phrases,
they were censored to protect the innocent minds of the teenagers who
are required to read them, and also because they were blasphemous and
offensive. Almost all of the profanity was removed, and that that was
not had just reason for being there.

[JohnS]

http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/Re...rofanity-7.htm