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History of Swear Words

Dick (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 20 min | Documentary, Comedy

You can have one or you can be one. But how did an unassuming nickname for "Richard" become one of our most popular swear words?
Director
Ves D'Elia (as a different name)
Producer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 5, 2021

Release date
Jan 5, 2021 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
1 nomination

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Cast

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20 cast members
Name Known for
Nicolas Cage
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
Elvis Mitchell
Self - Film Critic, Host of The Treatment on KCRW Self - Film Critic, Host of The Treatment on KCRW   See fewer
Benjamin Bergen
Self - PhD, Cognitive Scientist, Author of What The F Self - PhD, Cognitive Scientist, Author of What The F   See fewer
Kory Stamper
Self - Lexicographer, Author of Word by Word Self - Lexicographer, Author of Word by Word   See fewer
Melissa Mohr
Self - PhD, Author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing Self - PhD, Author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing   See fewer
Joel Kim Booster
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
DeRay Davis
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
Nikki Glaser
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
London Hughes
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
Jim Jefferies
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
Mireille Miller-Young
Self -PhD, Professor of Feminist Studies, Self -PhD, Professor of Feminist Studies,   See fewer
Nick Offerman
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
Anthony Jeselnik
Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) (as Richard 'Tricky Dick' Nixon) Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage) (as Richard 'Tricky Dick' Nixon)   See fewer
Patton Oswalt
Self - Comedian / Actor (archive footage) Self - Comedian / Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Chelsea Peretti
Self - Comedian / Actress (archive footage) Self - Comedian / Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Andy Samberg
Self - Comedian / Actor (archive footage) Self - Comedian / Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Swett
Self - Former American Congressman from New Hampshire (archive footage) (as Dick Swett) Self - Former American Congressman from New Hampshire (archive footage) (as Dick Swett)   See fewer
Meldrim Thomson Jr.
Self - Former Governor of New Hampshire (archive footage) Self - Former Governor of New Hampshire (archive footage)   See fewer
Justin Timberlake
Self - Singer / Actor (archive footage) Self - Singer / Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
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