> I suspect that you've got your arrow of causality backwards. I think there are two arrows of causality here actually, and they form a cycle. A word is offens

> I suspect that you've got your arrow of causality backwards. I think there are two arrows of causality here actually, and they form a cycle. A word is offensive, therefore it's taboo. The word is taboo, therefore it's offensive. Why is "shit" vulgar, but "feces" not? Language is weird like that.