Sometimes when a jazz musician is soloing, I hear him groan or even curse when he hits a bad note. But I never hear any squeals of joy from musicians when they play something they like. Why all the ...

As a linguist, the study of words is par for the course. While words like zoombombing and finna may attract a lot of notice in terms of what’s timely or trending, some words, like the f-word or ...

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 ...