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 using a once-verboten word as an adjective, seeming unaware ...

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. Pediatrics is the top-ranked journal in its field and ...

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 strong emotional states, like anger, fear or passion.

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” teacher is the cavalier use of profanity in the ...

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 platform to allow more monetization opportunities for creators.

In the age of multiplayer games, it's almost impossible to play a game online and not encounter another player who shouts or send obscene messages. To combat this, oftentimes ruinous experience for players, companies like Xbox have elected to add profanity ...

A total of 223 middle school students completed surveys on their aggression, preferred media, time spent viewing media, perceived aggression in their favorite shows and games, beliefs about profanity and profanity use. The results showed a direct link in ...