Profanity, the use of offensive and rude words, is naturally a controversial topic. There is some debate about what profanity reveals about a person’s character, more specifically, whether it is a ...

A significant portion of books geared toward teens contain curse words strong enough to earn a movie an R rating, new research finds. The study finds that 20 percent of bestselling teen books — ...

Nothing says "Christmas" quite like a column about profane language. The world we live in is made worse by the permission people give themselves to inject profanity into everyday conversations or ...

Albany politicians are swearing a lot. Experts say use of blunt language is an attempt to seem relatable and shape an image. Gov. Kathy Hochul grabbed headlines in November for saying that North ...

President Trump was back in Pennsylvania last week to tout his economic record, but one of the lines that drew attention had nothing to do with jobs or inflation. He revived a crude slur he used in ...

University of Tartu Professor of Contemporary Estonian Liina Lindström said swearing often gives people a needed sense of ...