A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde, How ſome delite for to lye, thycke and threfolde.

He said that Bradish has a lesion that may result in cerebral deglutinisation.

We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.

Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by dirty words. It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – profanity, curses, oaths and swearing itself.