"The Amazon rain forest of swear words"
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Jen Rose Smith, "Excuse my French? The swear words that used to be illegal in Canada", BBC 11/4/2026: Speakers of Québécois French are known for using a unique class of blasphemous swear words derived from Catholic terms known as sacres ("sacred" profanities). Among the most famous are the seemingly innocent tabarnak ("tabernacle"), câlisse ("chalice") and […]
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