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Profanity, cursing, swearing, using bad language ... all comes from trying to talk about something you are not supposed to be talking about. Most profanity falls into one or more categories: * Exclamations that use the name of your deity in vain, like g*d-d*mmit or bl**dy (originally g*d's blood) * Exclamations that describe a sexual situation, like f*ck or c*nt * Exclamations that refer to excrements, like sh*t or p*ss Although the above answer refers to modern times, the question asks where did profanity come from? It is from the Latin meaning not holy, not connected with religious things, heathen, blasphemous. But as the original answer suggests, words used wrongly and dishonourably

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