History of Swear Words | movie | 2021 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed hosted by Nicolas Cage. A loud and proudly p | dG1falUyMGIxUmVGSnc

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00:00Fuuuuck!

00:08Swear words. They're the most popular and alluring taboos we have.

00:13But the secrets to their strange power have been shrouded in mystery, until now.

00:17Join me on a journey through the history, evolution, and cultural impact of swear words.

00:24Words don't start out as swear words. They're just words.

00:27Somebody decided at some point that this is a swear word.

00:31There's an acronym etymology, fornication under consent of the king.

00:35This household has been given my consent to fuck!

00:39It is total horseshit.

00:41Imagine you've been called the worst that you could be called so often.

00:44That doesn't mean anything to you anymore.

00:45Taking that negative and inverting it.

00:47What's the intention of the speaker and what's the reception of the hearer?

00:51My dog's a bitch, but I never call her that.

00:53Who are you calling a bitch?

00:55I call her a cunt.

00:55There's something innately human about swearing.

00:59More conservative people try and invalidate people they disagree with by, like, pointing to their language.

01:06The parental advisory sticker to me was implicitly racist.

01:09Who's deciding these are bad words?

01:11Who did it?

01:11We're going to do an experiment.

01:13There are scientific studies that say that you feel better when you swear.

01:17You can hold your hand in a bucket of nearly freezing water.

01:20Shit.

01:20About 50% longer if you're swearing than if you're not.

01:23Motherfuck.

01:24Shit.

01:26Shit.

01:26I think there's a need now for swearing and profanity more than any other time.

01:30Two minutes and 20 seconds.

01:31The power of cursing, like, it's important.

01:34The release, that's really what profanity gives us.

01:37Oh, shit.

01:38Bitch.

01:39Stop, pussy.

01:40I'm Nicolas Cage.

01:41Let's get fucked.

01:42I'm your husband.

01:54I'm your friend.

01:55Oh, shit.