Swearing and cursing can boost your performance by helping you feel stronger, more focused, and disinhibited, say scientists.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Here are a few reasons why swearing can be beneficial, according to the ...

There is nothing more tiring, and unimaginative, than people filling blank spaces in a conversation with a tirade of reflexive F-bombs. And it’s not just me. Or my imagination. Studies done on this ...

A new study in the journal 'American Psychologist' links swearing to "state disinhibition," a psychological state where ...

If you stub your toe or slam your finger in a door, there’s a good chance the first thing out of your mouth is a four-letter word. But although swearing is a near-universal feature of language, it is ...

If you’re human, you’ve probably hollered a curse word or two (or three) when barking your shin on a table edge or hitting your thumb with a hammer. Perhaps you’ve noticed that this seems to lessen ...

New research shows swearing during intense exercise can boost strength by reducing mental restraints and helping people push ...

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I turned to the parent next to me and asked what she was going to do about all the, you know … I didn’t want to say it. The what, the parent asked. All of the swearing, the F-bombs and such, I said.

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