Considering the youths spent so many years on set, their co-star, Sigourney Weaver, joked about eventually “looking up” to ...

“In many situations, people hold themselves back—consciously or unconsciously—from using their full strength,” explained Richard Stephens, a psychologist at Keele University in the United Kingdom.

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

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 ...

Zakir Khan reacts to Javed Akhtar’s remarks on abusive language in comedy, saying comedians should not be judged for their style.

A new study shows that swear words across languages may have more in common than previously thought. Many of them tend to leave out the same sounds. There's a common trope in sci fi when characters ...

When repeating four-letter words, participants held a challenging physical task for longer than when they said neutral words.