Researchers at Royal Holloway tested whether there is something special about the sound of swear words. In the study, Dr Shiri Lev-Ari and Professor Ryan McKay, both from the Department of Psychology ...

"Skalk," I cursed in Kelvak. It's my favourite language to curse in – there is nothing as satisfying as the harsh consonants and default imperatives of the primary Kelvaki language. This quote is by ...

Swear words come in a wide variety of languages, but British researchers have found that they have a lot in common, whether they are in Hebrew, Arabic, French or Albanian. They tend to lack certain ...

“Skalk,” I cursed in Kelvak. It’s my favourite language to curse in – there is nothing as satisfying as the harsh consonants and default imperatives of the primary Kelvaki language. This quote is by ...

Swear words across different languages may tend to lack certain sounds such as l, r, and w, suggests research published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. This common pattern in profanity indicates ...