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 ...

Angus Council has apologised after using a swear word to a person who commented on its social media post about roadworks. The council warned that freezing temperatures on Friday meant overnight works ...

There's a common trope in sci fi when characters curse. RYAN MCKAY: I watched "Mork & Mindy" when I was growing up. CHANG: That's psychologist Ryan McKay. He's, of course, talking about a sitcom that ...

There is nothing more tiring, and unimaginative, than people filling blank spaces in a conversation with a tirade of reflexive F-bombs. And it’s not just me. Or my imagination. Studies done on this ...

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These four sounds are missing from some of the seven words you can never say on television, and the pattern prevails in other languages too, researchers say. By Elizabeth Preston “Holy motherforking ...

Dancing around risky language is common for many forms of on-air media. Sitcoms and family shows have been making substitutions like "sugar" and "fudge" for expletives and curse words for quite some ...