Did they have curse words in the victorian times?

Question

And if they did, what were they?

Answer 1

Of the bad words in English, f---, c---, p---, and s--- are at least 1000 years old, from Anglo-Saxon and originally from German. You will find them in Chaucer and Shakespeare if you know where to look. By Victorian times there had been admixtures of French words brought in by the Normans in 1066, and subsequently from many languages as English people traveled around the world. Victorians had them too and some of the most famous "underground" dictionaries were written in Victorian England.

Answer 2

Victorian Curse Words

Answer 3

Since humans first began to speak, they have found ways to say mean things, so you can be sure they cussed in the Victorian times. "Bloody" has been around a long time! Google swear words + victorian

Answer 4

Yes, of course. In polite society they were much subdued and can be found mostly in places that are making fun of how bland they were.

Recognize that curse words and profanity were considered different things. "May you rot in H*ll" is a curse, while "G*d d*mn it" is profanity because you are taking God's name in vain - you are being profane, not religious when you use the word. There are also vulgarisms which is words not used at the level of society involved. You can search the Internet easily like this one http://www.google.com/search?q=victorian+profanity&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Answer 5

Civilization began with the first man who threw a curse instead of a spear.

Answer 6

They did but I don't exactly know what they were , probably like ours.!