A mathematician has created an entirely new curse word based on a list of 186 offensive terms - and she said it is 'the world's ultimate swear word. Sophie Maclean, a student at Kings College ...

But what phonemes and linguistic elements give a swear word that quintessential gut-punch feeling? A study published today in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review offers findings on one ...

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.

As a society, we like to swear. Swear words have a strange power over us. It starts when we are young, when they are deliciously taboo. Then, as we age, our dependence on swear words increases to ...

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 ...