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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 ...

All six episodes of History of Swear Words are available to stream on Netflix now. Look, Netflix's History of Swear Words probably doesn't exist solely so we can hear host Nicolas Cage scream out ...

Dagnabit, I just love cursing. It relieves stress and feels good. Polite society has considered the use of vulgar language to be associated with low intellect, but studies are showing the opposite.

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 ...

Netflix's proudly profane educational series History of Swear Words has landed on the streaming service. While the name alone will likely be enough for people to decide whether it might be up their ...

Honestly, there are times where it feels like it’s only possible to fully encapsulate the hellscape that was 2020 by using some, well — inelegant language. Same goes for when an alt-right mob breached ...

It is true, as Mark Twain said, that “under certain circumstances, profanity provides relief denied even to prayer.” We all have our favorite cuss words on hand for stubbed toes, moments of ...

Byrne is the author of Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language. Scientifically speaking, swearing is good for you. It deadens pain and enlivens our emotional discourse. We know ...