Watch that potty mouth. Those curse words your mother once upon a time told you not to use, or you’ll have to wash your mouth ...

A swear word is like a linguistic punch in the nose. Virtually every language and culture has them—and virtually every language and culture formally disapproves of them. But that doesn’t stop them ...

Everybody nowadays use curse words… well, except for little kids. I always hear people cursing whether it’s in school, the street, or even my home. I also use curse words when I talk about almost any ...

What's in a swear? The world's filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there's something else swears across the world's languages have in common. They're all missing ...

Ryan McKay receives funding from the NOMIS Foundation. Shiri Lev-Ari does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, ...

Editor's note: This story contains profanity. Sort of. Though we used punctuation in place of most letters and even rhyming words for clues so you'll probably be able to figure out the swear words we ...

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Well, it finally happened. After years of doing "earmuffs," biting your tongue and keeping everything strictly G-rated, you've let an expletive rip in front of your kids. Now you're cursing (sorry) ...

After 13 years of teaching psychology courses, I banned a word for the first time. A word that is interfering with students ability to communicate about human behavior. You might assume the word is ...

What the fork? Microsoft Teams is working on a new feature that would allow users to censor profanity from live captions throughout the platform. There’s no denying that Microsoft Teams is one of the ...