Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australians are outdone by Americans and Brits in how often they swear and in how many users swear online. - Max Pepper/CNN Polite ...

Swear words aren't the end of the world, according to a new family study. But how you handle them can have an impact.

Got a potty mouth? A new book claims it could help steel you against depression and illness. That’s according to Emma Byrne, author of Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language ...

That's a sign of intelligence "to the degree that language is correlated with intelligence," said Jay, who authored the study. "People that are good at language are good at generating a swearing ...

Polite society considers swearing to be a vulgar sign of low intelligence and education, for why would one rely on rude language when blessed with a rich vocabulary? That perception, as it turns out, ...