swearing

Scott Gilmore on the importance of swear words and why we can no longer describe our current world using polite vocabulary alone

Profanity sinks deep emotional roots in our brains. When words develop duelling meanings, the bad stuff almost always wins out.

From 2014: A B.C. lawyer’s courthouse curse leads to a disciplinary hearing and a landmark ruling

The government is putting soap in mouths of citizens after a documentary showed how women are harassed in the streets

WikiLeaks cables prove Omar Khadr was no naive bystander, while Syria cracks down hard on protesters