Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australians are outdone by Americans and Brits in how often they swear and in how many users swear online. - Max Pepper/CNN Polite ...

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

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

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 ...

Got a potty mouth? A new book claims it could help steel you against depression and illness. That’s according to Emma Byrne, author of Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language ...

When I was in middle school, I was an anti-swearer. I made my position obnoxiously clear. When the boys in my class would swear — and it really was mostly the boys — I would immediately look to see ...

Polite society considers swearing to be a vulgar sign of low intelligence and education, for why would one rely on rude language when blessed with a rich vocabulary? That perception, as it turns out, ...

That's a sign of intelligence "to the degree that language is correlated with intelligence," said Jay, who authored the study. "People that are good at language are good at generating a swearing ...