If the argument against “bad” words is that the idea behind them is bad, that would make sense for certain words, such as racial slurs, but not others such as “f**k,” “a**” and “c**t,” which are not ...

Swear words lack the consonant sounds l, r, w and y across several languages – including Chinese, English and Spanish, according to a new study from researchers at Royal Holloway, University of ...

McWhorter loves swear words so much he’s written a book about their origins, “Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever” (Avery), out May 4. “I think we all enjoy ...

A classroom discussion about profanity reveals how middle school students grasp the connection between mature behavior and clean speech, while political discourse sinks lower ...

It took me five years to finally tell my conservative religious mother and my pastor stepfather the title of my book, which at that time was “Baad Bitches” & Sassy Supermamas: Race, Gender ...

Using swear words at the right time and not with a wanton mouth can actually prove you to be more aware and educated to the person you are speaking to. When one can distinguish between the proper use ...

Informationally, History of Swear Words is sturdy, debunking various urban legends about word origins — “shit,” for example, is not a transportation acronym for “Ship High In Transit ...

The initial List of Dirty, Naughty, Obscene, and Otherwise Bad Words was drawn up in 2012, by employees of stock photo site Shutterstock. Dan McCormick, who led the company’s engineering team ...

Swear words lack the consonant sounds l, r, w and y across several languages – including Chinese, English and Spanish, according to a new study from researchers at Royal Holloway, University of ...