It is true, as Mark Twain said, that “under certain circumstances, profanity provides relief denied even to prayer.” We all have our favorite cuss words on hand for stubbed toes, moments of ...

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Ah, the swear word. Disseminated correctly, it is the perfect punctuation to human communication, a way to say so much with as little as four letters. Where do these, um, "darn" things come from?

Using less profanity is as likely to reduce the “compulsive vulgarity” of today’s discourse as banning slingshots is to reduce political violence. Our worldview is being polluted by unchecked bigotry, ...

Eight out of the twelve songs on "The Life of a Showgirl" are labeled explicit. Here's which songs have cursing, sexual innuendos in the lyrics.

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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 ...