Did people used to swear in the old ages like today or did they use other words?

by trix2705
teacherbooboo

one of the classic cases of this occurred in the series Deadwood. they use a lot of modern swear words. while these words might have been in use, they were probably not the common swear words. this article has a good discussion and points to references.

https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/n_10191/

the series Deadwood is only from 1870+ and the words have changed.

notably, they say that there was more profanity while today there is more vulgarity.