The Backstory: The #%$@ History of Cursing
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Swearing, cursing, cussing... giving somebody the finger. It’s kind of ubiquitous these days, but it’s been around for thousands of years. And now researchers say yelling out a favorite four-letter word can even lower your blood pressure. But where in the &^%* did it all start, and how has it evolved?
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| 0:00.0 | Hell? Well, that got your attention, right? How and why did we start cursing, swearing, even |
| 0:07.3 | gesturing when we got angry or were simply shocked or amused by something we saw or because of |
| 0:13.2 | something somebody did to us? I'm Patty Steele. What the... started the cursing trend. That's next |
| 0:20.5 | on the backstory. |
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