Why Are Bad Words Bad?
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. When you call customer service and hear this "to ensure quality service your call may be monitored or recorded", they're not kidding. Over the last year the Marchex Institute analysed more than 600,000 recorded phone conversations Americans made to businesses in the United States. Turns out, people from Ohio were the most likely to use curse words - the 'A' word, the 'F' word and the 'S' word. Washington state residents were the least likely to use bad words. But what makes a word bad? Oh, be careful because etymologically speaking even the word 'bad' can be considered a bad word. It began in old English as a derogatory term for an effeminate man. Eighty percent of swear wo...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. When you call customer service and hear this "to ensure quality service your call may be monitored or recorded", they're not kidding. Over the last year the Marchex Institute analysed more than 600,000 recorded phone conversations Americans made to businesses in the United States. Turns out, people from Ohio were the most likely to use curse words - the 'A' word, the 'F' word and the 'S' word. Washington state residents were the least likely to use bad words. But what makes a word bad? Oh, be careful because etymologically speaking even the word 'bad' can be considered a bad word. It began in old English as a derogatory term for an effeminate man. Eighty percent of swear wo...
