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.

In his capacity as Thief-punishing General, after the grand birthday celebrations in Hankow, he transferred his headquarters to Yüeh-yang.]

To do this, one needs to know: - the privacy settings of each friend in T’s friendlist as well as -in some cases, the friendlists of these friends and their friends.[…]Scenario 1: Public Friendlist. If the friendlist of the non-mutual friend of T₁ is public, then the existence of mutual and non-mutual friends of T₁ with the target user T is checked. Additionally, whether T itself has a non-mutual friend (e.g., T₂) is checked and if so, whether this friend has a non-mutual friend (if its friendlist is public).

In any case it struck David as perfectly reasonable that his mother demand a description and even a photo of the bed where he planned to have sex; as he gigglingly obliged her with details over the phone, Lauren looked appalled, then resigned.