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

Swear words aren't the end of the world, according to a new family study. But how you handle them can have an impact.

The shift reflects a broader change in parenting philosophy: moving from blind obedience to emotional intelligence. Parents are increasingly viewing swearing not as a moral failing, but as 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 ...

Swearing was long dismissed as a topic of serious research because it was assumed to be simply a sign of aggression, weak language proficiency or even low intelligence. We now have quite a lot of ...

As a writer, I often think about the use of profanity. Writing two middle-grade series has increasingly required me to consider the use of language: When is it okay, or not, for my young characters to ...

Colino is a contributor for TIME. Colino is a contributor for TIME. Many of us try to suppress the urge to blurt out an expletive when something goes wrong. But the instinct may actually be useful: ...

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 ...

There is nothing more tiring, and unimaginative, than people filling blank spaces in a conversation with a tirade of reflexive F-bombs. And it’s not just me. Or my imagination. Studies done on this ...

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

Many of us try to suppress the urge to blurt out an expletive when something goes wrong. But the instinct may actually be useful: Research has found that using profanity can have beneficial effects on ...