Does the heat make people extra-sweary? Whatever the cause, we’ve been seeing — and hearing — a lot of swears recently, some of them issuing from unexpected sources.
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Does the heat make people extra-sweary? Whatever the cause, we’ve been seeing — and hearing — a lot of swears recently, some of them issuing from unexpected sources.
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It’s not hard to find guides to multilingual swearing. I own several myself, from Merde! Et Merde Encore! to Mexican Slang: A ¡*#@&%+! Guide. But only one book on my shelf includes brand-name swears: curses from around the world that derive their force from registered trademarks.