I have always been interested in words and their origins, and more particularly the origin of swear words. I have always wondered who decided which words were appropriate and which words were vulgar, and how did the meaning of the words travel the world. There is a book called "Dictionary of Word Origins" that explains how the words were derived, but does not explain why it was decided that the word was “bad.” I know that some words refer to bodily functions and it is that is what makes the word undesirable in public. I was surfing the web for the history of swearing and I came across an example what was considered swearing in 1914. There was a play in England and the phrase “Not bloody likely” was uttered, and this caused a national sensation across the nation. It was reported in news papers, “a few seconds of stunned disbelieving silence, and then hysterical laughter for at least a minute and a quarter," and other news papers had the headlines, “'THREATS BY DECENCY LEAGUE” and 'THEATER TO BE BOYCOTTED.” The Bishop of Woolwich state publicly that "The Word should be banned.” In today’s world speaking the phrase “not bloody likely” anywhere would not cause any commotion no matter where you where. So here it seems like the newspapers and the church became offended and created a swearing sensation across the nation. I am guessing 1000 years from now, all the words that we consider vulgar will be forgotten and replace with words that someone has decided that these words can not be spoken in public because they are swear words. Feldercarb.