7 Truly Remarkable Events in the History of Swearing

Swearing: How it started. How it’s going.

The first written example of the eff word

N.B. This is an article about the history of swearing, so do prepare for some R-rated language.

We’ve been swearing roughly as long as we’ve been stubbing our toes or tripping over the (Proto-Indo-European) cat on the way to the (Proto-Indo-European) bathroom in the night. But the…