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    • Here's Why Curse Words Sound the Way They Do

      Here's Why Curse Words Sound the Way They Do

      Time via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      Credit - Getty Images/iStockphoto A swear word is like a linguistic punch in the nose. Virtually every language and culture has them—and virtually every...

    • Pop Quiz: Why Can't 'Swear Words' Be Said on TV?

      Newsy via AOL· 2 years ago

      Sitcoms and family shows have been making substitutions like "sugar" and "fudge" for expletives and curse words for quite some time. Newsy itself has a standards team that deals with that question ...

    • What the f---: Are people swearing more?

      What the f---: Are people swearing more?

      The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago

      If you attended John Mellencamp’s recent show at the IU Auditorium, you heard the word blankety-blank from the stage, loud and clear, several times. As...