If you’ve ever wondered how to swear in sign language, YouTube channel Cut has come to your aid. Seven deaf people have given us the lowdown on their favourite NSFW words in American Sign Language.

Mr Priori will run a series of 'swearing workshops' at the festival. For a small donation, Fringe goers will be able to pull a naughty word out of a "swear jar" and learn how to sign it.

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.

Swearing is cathartic. Swearing is funny. Swearing is, dare we say it, pretty healthy. It’s all sorts of things wrapped up in the expression of words that are normally thought of as taboo. But ...

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.

History of Swear Words, hosted by Nicolas Cage, is a loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words.

Swear words have emotional power not simply because they refer to offensive things, says Mr. Pinker. Brain scans suggest that the sense of profanity comes from the way vulgar language taps a ...