CNN — 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 ...

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 ...

Most of psychologist Timothy Jay’s research into profanity was exemplified by one moment in the car with his grandson. “We hit a speed bump and he said (an expletive),” Mr. Jay said. “But, he said it ...

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