We’ve arrived at a grim reality: Our culture is overdosing on the F word. It’s so sad to see such a good bad word dragged through the mud like this. Stripped of its zing. Its shock value. Now, it’s ...

The results of a new survey suggest men have considerably reduced their use of the word f*** since the 1990s, while women have used it far more often. Any patterns of swearing will have cultural, ...

Just go ahead and say it, nobody minds anymore. Trump cursing during an interview is merely the last gasp of our media culture depleting the f-word of it’s former power. By James Hibberd ...

Jesse Sheidlower is the world’s expert on the F word — and that’s an expertise that requires more work than you might think. Sheidlower is editor at large of the Oxford English Dictionary, and his 270 ...

The most famous four-letter word is also the most prolific. Don’t believe me? Then check out all 449 pages of editor Jesse Sheidlower’s fourth edition of “The F-Word,” a historical dictionary that is ...

Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump. Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump. “I’m a pretty nice guy, ...

Editor's Note: Susan Wise Bauer decided to take a break from writing the history of the world (three volumes to date), so she took on a light subject: The Story of Western Science: From Aristotle to ...

Donald Trump is closing crazy. Does it matter? For the historical record, let it be noted that, with less than two weeks until his third and likely final Presidential election, Trump in recent days ...