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 ...

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 ...

Profanity, according to Webster’s fat, 3,200-page dictionary, is an utterance of profane language. Those who had the misfortune of sitting through the first half of the staged reading of an alleged ...

When Benjamin Bergen was working on his new book about profanity, the reaction he would most often get was bafflement. Why would he want to write about vulgarity, profanity and cussin'? His answer, as ...

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 ...

The rhetorical shift started in the 1990s, when Gen X was coming of age – and based on evidence from social media posts, Gen Z is more likely to be accepting of profanity use than their older peers ...

Good news for all the potty-mouthed YouTubers out there. A new update introduced by the monetization policy team makes some important changes, letting you cuss more often in your uploads and still ...

WTF? Embracing Profanity Is One Thing Both Political Parties Seem to Agree On WASHINGTON (AP) — As he shook President Barack Obama's hand and pulled him in for what he thought was a private aside, ...

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

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 ...