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.

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.

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 ...