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  2. Curse - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek cursed object against enemies in a trial, written on a lead figurine put in a lead box, 420-410 BC, Kerameikos Archaeological Museum, Athens. Cursed objects are generally supposed to have been stolen from their rightful owners or looted from a sanctuary. The Hope Diamond is supposed to bear such a curse, and bring misfortune to ...

  3. Sports-related curses - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, Romani people put a 100-year curse on St Andrew's in 1906 English football side Birmingham City F.C. played 100 years under an alleged curse from 1906 to 2006. [ 41 ] As the legend goes, the club moved from nearby Muntz Street into its current location at St Andrew's , building the stadium on land that was being used by the ...

  4. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  5. Seven dirty words - Wikipedia

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    Self-regulation by many basic cable networks is undertaken by Standards and Practices (S&P) departments that self-censor their programming because of the pressure put on them by advertisers – also meaning that any basic cable network willing to ignore such pressure could use any of the Seven Dirty Words. All of the words on Carlin's list have ...

  6. 41 Witch Movies That Will Put a Spell on You - AOL

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    Maleficent was a pure woman but when a terrible betrayal hardens her heart she becomes vengeful leading, her to put a curse on a juvenile princess. However, she quickly discover that the young ...

  7. Category:Curses - Wikipedia

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    A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some person, place, or object. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

  8. Swear jar - Wikipedia

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    Every time someone uses profanity, others who witness it collect a "fine", by insisting that the offender put some money into the box. [2] The container may be made of glass, porcelain, or metal, and may have a lid with a slot. From time to time, the accumulated money may be used for some agreed-upon purpose, or contributed to charity.

  9. 109 Times People Were Doing Something Very Wrong For Years - AOL

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    Image credits: milwbrewsox #7. My wife and I have this ceiling fan/light in our bedroom in the house we moved into two years ago. It has a remote control for the fan and lights.