Ah, the swear word. Disseminated correctly, it is the perfect punctuation to human communication, a way to say so much with as little as four letters. Where do these, um, "darn" things come from?

Netflix's History of Swear Words isn't good, exactly. But the series flawlessly delivers on its premise: What if Nicolas Cage narrated a history of expletives? Despite being a fan of both profanity ...

A new study shows that swear words across languages may have more in common than previously thought. Many of them tend to leave out the same sounds. There's a common trope in sci fi when characters ...

All six episodes of History of Swear Words are available to stream on Netflix now. Look, Netflix's History of Swear Words probably doesn't exist solely so we can hear host Nicolas Cage scream out ...

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