New research reveals religious profanity and homophobic terminology among the most common swearwords used online
Religious swear words and homophobic phrases are among the most common profanity used in online blogs, new research suggests.
Jan 17, 2018
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The rising usage of swear words in literature suggests that American society is becoming increasingly individualistic
Comedian George Carlin's 1972 routine "the seven words you can never say on television" underlined his generation's rejection of the niceties and constraints of post-war American society. Seeing how the use of these swear ...
How central are female characters to a movie?
A new study from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab (SAIL)—which creates automatic tools for signal analysis and linguistic assessment —uncovers how media communicates about ...
How pop culture can (and should) change legal views on swearing
Warning: The following article contains explicit language.
Study finds links between swearing and honesty
It's long been associated with anger and coarseness but profanity can have another, more positive connotation. Psychologists have learned that people who frequently curse are being more honest. Writing in the journal Social ...
Researchers: Swear words less offensive on cable than broadcast TV
Four letter words may offend you more depending on which television channel you watch, according to a recent study out of Florida State University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
