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 ...

A new book reveals how swear words came about and why, over time, what we find offensive has changed. NY Post composite In most people, language is generated on the left side of the brain — the half ...

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 ...

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 ...

The use of profanity in music does seem to be more common than in the past. And music fans certainly have an idea of which artists are more likely to swear in their music than others. Which musician ...

Each 20-minute episode of Netflix‘s unscripted comedy series “History of Swear Words” explores the origins of a beloved expletive, five of which the streamer won’t spell out, four of which we can’t ...