Linguists at Russia’s Academy of Sciences are calling for the protection of curse words after the head of the Russian ...

A swear word is like a linguistic punch in the nose. Virtually every language and culture has them—and virtually every language and culture formally disapproves of them. But that doesn’t stop them ...

Cussing, cursing, or swearing, no matter what you call it, attitudes towards strong language in general use are shifting a ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-school kids who hear swear words on TV or in video games may act more aggressively toward their peers, physically or otherwise, a small study suggests. The findings, ...

Parents don’t agree on when kids should swear. A new poll explores how families balance language, age, and social influence.

My daughter’s teacher uses curse words in his teaching. She thinks he does it to impress the students. She doesn’t like it and neither do I. What can I do? A hallmark of the stereotypical “cool” ...

Editor's note: This story contains profanity. Sort of. Though we used punctuation in place of most letters and even rhyming words for clues so you'll probably be able to figure out the swear words we ...

Rather than expressing anger in an uncouth way, here are 11 elegant ways to cuss someone out without saying any bad words. Because you don't need to curse to make a good point.