Feck! A history of swearing from the very first F to the 21st C - The Irish Times 🔗 🗣 🤬

The author of HOLY SH*T, A BRIEF HISTORY OF SWEARING explains how swearing has evolved from Ancient Rome and Biblical times to today and even hints at what the future holds

In many Catholic countries, swearing never made a full transition from religious oaths to sexual/excremental obscenities. In Québec, for example, many of the very worst swearwords are religious in nature, including tabarnak (the tabernacle), câlice (chalice), and ciboire (the ciborium, a container for the Host)