Origination of swear words

Posted by WKirven on December 03, 2003

I'm doing some research for a language theory course and was wondering if anyone has any ideas of why it's alright to say the definition of a swear word but not okay to say the word itself. Who defines a swear word?

• Great question & blasphemy too Lotg 03/December/03
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