Business Insider UK spoke to Richard Stephens, author of the book "Black Sheep: The Hidden Benefits of Being Bad" and psychologist at Keele University, about how knowing a lot of swear words can ...

Business Insider spoke to Philip Gooden, author and expert on the origins of the English language, about how society determines what makes swear words offensive and how their connotations can ...

As society continues to evolve, so too will the nature and impact of its swear words, forever marking the dynamic interplay ...

Almost all of us recall the thrill of being scolded ... lecturer in the Department of Linguistics from Macquarie University, says swear words feature in our lexicon for a good reason.