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why are bad words bad words?

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crashfrog
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04-20-2004 2:46 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by DC85
04-20-2004 2:35 PM

Why are some words considered to be Real bad words.
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In English, bad words universally either refer to sex or defication (or the parts of the body involved.) This isn't true for every language, I guess - according to my wife Russian swear worlds (mat) are all sexual.
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But the real reason is rather circular - they're considered bad words because they're considered bad words. Language is created by the speakers, so if a community agrees that a word is bad, it becomes bad.
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