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540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think

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The Evolution of Swear Words in Language

McWarder is most interested in the rules of language during the second era of swearing/nTaboo words in the past related to human body/nPeople had names like Roger by the navel and Henry F. Begger literally/nWords were not supposed to be written or written in code/nProfanity started as something else

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