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 ...

However these days it is virtually never used to refer to a sex worker, and is in fact France's all-purpose swear-word. It's often translated into English as 'fuck' although in fact its strength ...

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 ...

I think we all have words we don’t like. Many people don’t like swear words or crass words. It’s understandable that people don’t like these messy words.