Why Are Bad Words Bad?

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Marchex Institute study: blog.marchex.co...
Canada's most vulgar city: www.huffingtonp...
"Bad" etymology: www.etymonline....
"Grawlixes": www.fastcodesig...
Mort Walker - The Lexicon of Comicana: www.amazon.co.u...
First use of grawlixes: languagelog.ldc...
Slate's Lexicon Valley: "A Brief History of Swearing": www.slate.com/a...
1 Kilohertz censor beep: en.wikipedia.or...
Steven Pinker lecture: • Steven Pinker - The St...
Swearing history: www.salon.com/2...
remembering taboo words: citeseerx.ist.p...
Swearing in the brain:
blog.scienceins...
www.howstuffwor...
no words should be banned? bigthink.com/ag...
Mythbusters' Swearing Test: • MythBusters - Jamie Sw...
Coprolalia: en.wikipedia.or...
Lalochezia: medical-diction...
7 dirty words: en.wikipedia.or...
Swearing is changing:
www.thetakeaway...
www.slate.com/a...
Swearing in the future: io9.com/http-0-...
Swearing behaviour on Twitter: www.business2co...
McKay Hatch - The No Cussing Club: nocussing.com/
N.W.A. F*ck Tha Police: • Video