What's in a swear? The world's filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there's something else swears across the world's languages have in common. They're all missing ...

YouTube's content guidelines are generally fair, but a few rules go a bit overboard in the name of ad revenue. There was a time when creators cowered away from cussing at all in their videos for fear ...

Editor's note: This story contains profanity. Sort of. Though we used punctuation in place of most letters and even rhyming words for clues so you'll probably be able to figure out the swear words we ...

Rockstar's latest update includes the term "charliekirk" as a banned word in GTA Online. This decision was shared by a user named PLTytus, who noted that while the word is now flagged, it may still be ...

Colino is a contributor for TIME. Colino is a contributor for TIME. Many of us try to suppress the urge to blurt out an expletive when something goes wrong. But the instinct may actually be useful: ...

Rockstar was caught adding a new word to GTA Online's profanity filter, a week after they just removed a word to allow it in the game.

Your perspective on the use of profanity likely depends on the neighborhood where you grew up and the messages you received from your family of origin and other influential sources. Some people view ...