How Swearing Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Swearing is something that's been done across all cultures, virtually since humans began speaking. What is it about these taboo words that offend some, and are beloved by others? Does it help to relieve stress to swear? Are there general rules of thumb ab

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.4	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from How Stuff Works.com.
0:41.5	Hey, I'm Welcome to The Podcast.
0:43.0	I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Jerry's over there.
0:47.4	So this is Stuff You Should Know.
0:50.4	Beep Edition.
0:51.4	Are we going to beep?
0:53.2	I didn't think so.
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0:56.8	I tell you what, it was a joy to read this Tracy V. Wilson article.
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1:02.3	Tracy of Stuff You Missed in History Class used to do a lot of writing.
1:06.3	And her articles are always, she leaves no stone unturned.
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1:13.1	It really was good.
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