Benjamin Bergen is the author of What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, And Ourselves Profane words have a direct line to our emotions. They are a spontaneous reflection of ...

While it’s been long established that watching violent scenes increases aggression levels, a new study in the medical journal Pediatrics suggests that profanity in the media may have a similar effect.

Standing in a crowded elevator recently, I was privy to a conversation going on between two college students in front of me. The young women were casually chatting about their day while repeatedly ...

Jalen Green ran up to congratulate Collin Gillespie during a live TV interview after the Suns win over the Wizards Dec. 29.

Your perspective on the use of profanity likely depends on the neighborhood where you grew up and the messages you received from your family of origin and other influential sources. Some people view ...

Suns guard Jalen Green has been fined $25,000 for using profanity during a teammate's postgame interview following Monday ...

Profanity sells. Just ask the film industry. So when Los Angeles artist Erik Brunetti founded his clothing brand in 1990, he called it “FUCT.” According to the company, the name is an acronym for ...

Green was hyping up his teammate, Collin Gillespie, who is enjoying a breakout third season in the NBA for an upstart Phoenix ...

YouTubers who curse like sailors, rejoice! In a video published on Tuesday to its Creator Insider channel, YouTube announced that it's relaxing some of the new policies regarding profanity on the ...

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” ...