Not everything that comes out of your tot's mouth is adorable. Here's what to do if bad language creeps into your child's ...

Portrait of an angry young woman cursing and symbols written on a blackboard - illustration concepts If you stub your toe or slam your finger in a door, there’s a good chance the first thing out of ...

A new study shows that swear words across languages may have more in common than previously thought. Many of them tend to leave out the same sounds. There's a common trope in sci fi when characters ...

If you’re not using obscenities on a regular basis, WTF? Swearing is linked to a range of benefits, scientists say, and those who swear show signs of greater intelligence. Obscenities are found in all ...

As a linguist, the study of words is par for the course. While words like zoombombing and finna may attract a lot of notice in terms of what’s timely or trending, some words, like the f-word or ...

The other morning, on the way to school, my eighth-grade niece was regaling me with stories about the costumes kids wore on Halloween. One classmate, she said, came dressed as a “sexy-ass rabbit.” I ...

Swearing – defined as speaking “specific, negatively charged, and often emotionally loaded terms” – violates our norms of both the sacred and profane. While polite society often reflects on swearing’s ...

Studies of heart-rate variability – small changes between heartbeats controlled by the vagus nerve – show that swearing may ...

If you stub your toe or slam your finger in a door, there’s a good chance the first thing out of your mouth is a four-letter word. But although swearing is a near-universal feature of language, it is ...