A new book reveals how swear words came about and why, over time, what we find offensive has changed. NY Post composite In most people, language is generated on the left side of the brain — the half ...

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 ...

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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?

nicolas-cage-history-of-swear-words-netflix Nicolas Cage cursing to the heavens in Netflix's History of Swear Words. If there was ever a good reason to let out a steady stream of expletives, it's the ...