During a recent walk on a San Diego beach, a woman came across a dark omen. At Grandview Beach in Encinitas, an oarfish had washed ashore – a 10-foot, serpentine, ghoul of a sea creature often called ...

Our personal belief about cursing is determined by our value systems, upbringing, cultural background, and societal messaging we have been exposed to. For some, profanity is considered impolite, rude, ...

Swearing was long dismissed as a topic of serious research because it was assumed to be simply a sign of aggression, weak language proficiency or even low intelligence. We now have quite a lot of ...