A new study shows that swear words across languages may have more in common than previously thought. Many of them tend to leave out the same sounds. There's a common trope in sci fi when characters ...

A big study out of Keele University in the UK put this to the test. They had people do tough workouts, like chair push-ups, while repeating either a swear word or a bland, neutral word every couple of ...

What's in a swear? The world's filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there's something else swears across the world's languages have in common. They're all missing ...