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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When Beto O’Rourke called out President Trump after the recent shooting in El Paso, using language normally avoided by presidential hopefuls, many criticized him for “going low” with his words.

A new study has revealed that “bloody” is no longer the favorite swear word of the British population. The (quintessentially English) impolite word has officially been dethroned by a more generic, ...

Editor's note: This story contains profanity. Sort of. Though we used punctuation in place of most letters and even rhyming words for clues so you'll probably be able to figure out the swear words we ...