Swearing

[helpme!]

Where do swear words originate from and why are they offensive?

[Dark Angel]

you mean words like b****y, d**n, s**t, a***h***, s*d, b***h, b*****d, etc? they are rude that's why!

[tubeway]

How offensive a word is seems to change - the word crap seems to have lost its power as has bloody, damn, etc