
540. Swearing Is More Important Than You Think
Freakonomics Radio
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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