RUSTENBURG, South Africa – The Brazilian referee and his assistants who will work the England-United States match at the World Cup have been studying English-language obscenities the players might use ...

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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 ...

Nowadays, it's impossible to go through a day without hearing someone swear. Well, the Korean lecturer in this amusing video believes in teaching English swear words not so his students can use them ...

This language of ours, she's always changing. At one point, if you really liked someone's eyebrows you'd say they were "neato"; now you can call those eyebrows "on fleek." How delightful is that? Sure ...

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.

As UK communications regulator Ofcom's ranking of every bollocking swear word in the English language in order of offensiveness goes viral again, we're bloody buggering thrilled about it. So, let's ...

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Byrne is the author of Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language. Scientifically speaking, swearing is good for you. It deadens pain and enlivens our emotional discourse. We know ...

World Cup referees learning English swear words RUSTENBURG, South Africa — The Brazilian referee and his assistants who will work the England-United States match at the World Cup have been studying ...