User blog comment:UnderwaterPlatypus367/Dave, You Cussing Sockpuppet!/@comment-5279241-20130527141157/@comment-1762932-20130528070609

'Curse' can be used for two things - for bad language, and for the magic type of curses, or 'putting a curse on somebody'. People made the term 'cuss' to stop confusion between the two.