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Dear Americans. Damn, God and Hell aren't swears. Lmao (hexbear.net)

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I never got why they think these are curse words. Is it a weird religious thing?

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[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Euphemy, in contrast, "good speech", includes ways religious people modified these invocations against God to avoid blasphemy. Damn > darn ; God > gosh; sacré dieu (fr) > sacré bleu.

I learned not long ago that phrases like "Jeepers Creepers!" or "Jiminy Crickets!" were euphemisms for "Jesus Christ!"

I don't know why it took me so many years to realize that.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

Puts a whole new spin on that Justin Long movie.