The History of Cuss Words According to Mohr, a cuss word is
defined by its impact: Along with grammatical flexibility, this
figurativeness is the hallmark of a fully obscene word, a word
used not as a literal descriptor but to shock, offend, or
otherwise carry emotion — a swearword. Some of the popular curse
words and phrases from Mohr’s excerpt include the following: -
“Arse-opener,” “arse-wedge,” “beard-splitter,” ”chinkstopper,”
and ”plugtail” were used to describe the act of ”splitting the
woman’s anatomy” or “plugging a hole.” - “Bloody” was one of the
most popular swear words of the time, but it’s hard to pinpoint
its exact origins. It’s assumed that it’s derived from “the
adjective bloody as in ‘covered in blood’ or, as the OED
proposes, it referred to the habits of aristocratic rabble-
rousers at the end of the 17th century, who styled themselves
‘bloods.’” - “Breasts,” “bubbies,” and ”diddeys,” were common
words for boobs; ”bushelbubby” specifically referred to a woman
with large breasts. “Tit” didn’t