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when language originated some emotional slang would get thrown around, of course changing with the ages. it seems that its more how u say the 'swear' as opposed to the word u use, so when people started interacting with one another someone was bound to get mad and spit something out in anger.yet with that logic before people interacted with one another, they maybe would grunt something in pain if they stubbed their toe or something. i honestly have no idea but, swears must have been around since we were capable of thuoght
Swearing as you probably mean with the use of single words such as - fuck, shit, piss, cunt, etc originates from cultural acceptability. The Americans have the most to answer for here and that is not meant to be spiteful or mean simply the change in usage of teh above mentioned words was laregly due to American puritanical attitudes.
Abe lincoln talked about taking a piss in his garden, Franklin wrote about "how well the ladies fuck these days" and shalespeare wrote about the cunts and shitheads living in his street - the meaning was a joking one NOT vulgar or rude. Many common medicianl herbs have 'rude' names such as piss-a-bed (a diuretic).
Words became rude when they became unacceptable culturally usually because the poor used them and the rich wanted to distance themselves from them or that references to sexual activities beame religiously unacceptable so using fuck or fornicate went out the window.
People today don't really know how to swear properly they just use words that they believe will offend because their usage is unacceptable or shocking. Old fashioned insults are much better such as -
my scrotum is better looking than your girlfriend
I'd rather sleep with your dog than spend another minute with you
...use your imagination.
I apologise for using the swaer words if anyone was offended (lol) but it was unavoidable.