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 ...

An interesting column by one of my favorite commentators, Prof. John McWhorter. An excerpt: Precincts across the nation do, in fact, have rules against profanity on the job. However, they are barely ...

Most of psychologist Timothy Jay's research into profanity was exemplified by one moment in the car with his grandson. “We hit a speed bump and he said (an expletive),” Jay said. “But, he said it with ...

After reading the recent commentary, “The power of language to shape our reality” (Feb. 29) by Keith Tidman, I was struck by his reference to linguist Noam Chomsky and his views on the importance of ...

A survey published in July shows Fayetteville uses more profanity than any other city in North Carolina — at least on one social media platform. The Word.Tips survey used a sample of 1.7 million ...

Microsoft, citing "top customer feedback," has rolled out an update to the Windows 11 Insider Preview Beta Channel that allows you to disable the profanity filter present in Voice Typing. Normally on ...

“Respectfully, f–k off.” Those words by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesperson, Izzy Gardon, summed up the current race to the bottom of American politics. Democrats appear in a competition of ...

Profanity, the use of offensive and rude words, is naturally a controversial topic. There is some debate about what profanity reveals about a person’s character, more specifically, whether it is a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Ideal for everyone who likes to throw a few swear words into their sentences. Ideal for everyone who likes to ...

Roblox is introducing a new AI-powered system that automatically rephrases profanity in chat messages instead of replacing ...