A new study in the journal 'American Psychologist' links swearing to "state disinhibition," a psychological state where ...

You stub your toe on the bedpost. Before your brain even registers the pain, a word explodes from your mouth—sharp, loud and ...

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.

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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 ...

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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 ...