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Words You Just Don't Say with Language Taboo Linguist Professor Randall Eggert
19 minutes Posted Aug 6, 2026 at 9:00 am.
Introducing Professor Randall Eggert
Language Taboos
The Biggest Language Taboos
Language Taboos that Have Faded Away
Historical Language Taboo
The Next Language Taboo
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In every language there are words you just don’t say. They can be about sex, religion, food or even your mother-in-law.
In this episode of Profoundly Pointless we explore the fascinating history and controversial present of language taboos with Professor Randall Eggert.
We talk the biggest current language taboos, historical language taboos and language taboos that are forming today.
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