Why do bad words exist? Philosophy

I can remember the first time I said some bad word. Maybe I was eight years old. Prior to this I have heard many bad things being said by adults. However, somehow, I knew it is not good to tell them. Yet, on this occasion in my primary years, I said a bad word, for no particular reason and in a friendly way. Nobody knew I said it, maybe except for one of my childhood friends, whom I am sure have totally forgotten that I exist, yet alone the words I said to him. Now, when I look back, I realize that moment in time exists, only in my mind, until I decided to put that on paper. Do, you remember the first time you said something bad? Unlikely.

Yesterday, Lilly white asked, "Father, why do bad words exist?" Of course I was curious. I asked which bad word Lilly are we talking about? She was reluctant. She did not want to tell it in front of me. So, I said, well, tell me the first letter of it. Still no response from her. So, I gave her an easy choice of selecting a letter from the alphabet, while I spelled out all the twenty-six letters. Is it, A B C D E F?... no answer. Apparently, the bad word she was talking about was never started with a letter from alphabet. Having failed at the curious task of making Lilly White spell a bad word, I chose to think about the philosophical aspect of it.

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Why bad words exist?

Bad words do exist, whether I liked it or not. When the culture and language changes, these bad words also change. Even over the years. If you want to learn more about probably the most commonly used profane word of English language which starts with F.., Here is a link for its WIKI Article, and Here is how comedian sees how widely the word "Ass" is used in common language. But etymology does not answer to the question why bad words exist. So, rest of this article would be pure hypothesis and speculation to why they do.

Imagine a language without any bad word. Just like piraha the language without past or future tense. It would be sweet spoken. And there would be no way of conveying anger and frustration. Does, that mean such a language spoken tribe would not feel an urge to express their frustration? It is unlikely so. It seems bad words are created out of necessity for humans to express their inner self, even if it feels taboo. Maybe we are giving more emphasis on words themselves rather than, looking for underlying reason for some person to use them in a specific situation. Like, if your friend said something profane to you, you might ask what is wrong with you. But if your boss said something you might file a complaint. Just because he is a stranger and have no "right" to address you like that.

Now, imagine a language without any bad words. So, all the words would be good. Like languages spoken in the garden of Eden before Adam touched the forbidden apple. But how do we know that language is "Good" unless there is something bad to compare it with. Can you see the problem? Whenever there are two words, one is better than the other. When there is a language with thousand words, some words are going to be judged as good and some as bad. Although the latter group may be small. Maybe it is a word like "Old" "disease" or "cancer". More cultural and developed we become, with good morality, more the bad words will be discriminated against. Maybe, it wasn't the fault of the Adam, even before he touched the forbidden apple, he had to touch something.

From a worldly cultural perspective I can see, existence of a bad world as a problem. Like existence of criminals a problem to an ethical society. But when I argue myself to the roots of our origin, I can see that internal judgement of good and bad of the existence is the problem, Not the bad words or the criminals who use them. Maybe I shouldn't be arguing about an ethical utopian society who speaks of pure language, without any prisons, or criminals.