Where did you get all that money? / Went to hear Bill and climbed on the water wagon.

… For thine is the colander, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. RAmen.

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.

Come tit me, come tat me, come throw a kiss at me—how is that?