text: why do people swear? i need to write an essay. please help :)? i have to write an essay about why do people swear.... i need help getting started.. sometimes it like using a metaphor - it just makes the english language more bloody colourful! sometimes, people swear because they are total morons and don't understand the swear words they are using - and it's the only way they can express their emotions. they are too stupid to have opinions, they have just emotions - usually anger and they express that anger with a tirade of obscenities. i don't mind a little colour added to the language - the odd mild swear word can help express the strength of feeling. those morons, who upset people with obscenities, they're just arseholes that should be taken out and flogged to an inch of their lives....