The word on the truck made me wonder: Are we overusing America’s favorite profanity? If we aren’t careful, the F-word could become a victim of its own popularity. It could lose its punch. What a loss.

AstraZeneca may be the first pharma to encourage use of the “F-word.” Although in this case, AZ is talking about its diabetes drug Farxiga, along with words like “food” and “fitness” that are ...

A Latin word for “cleverness” or “skillfulness,” facetiae came to be used to refer to a collection of witty sayings in 16th-century English. But things took a turn for the worse in Victorian slang, ...

Once taboo, the word has become an unfortunate national habit in need of breaking. One of my favorite 1960s anecdotes comes from legendary broadcaster Larry King, who tells of attending his first ...

Too little? Too late? Well, definitely, too little. Eminem expressed a degree of regret over referring to rapper Tyler, The Creator as a “f-ggot” on his latest single during a September 13 interview ...

The late, great Stan Lee was responsible for co-creating some of the most iconic characters of the 20th century. Lee was the man behind Marvel heroes like the Hulk, the X-Men, and Spider-Man, and was ...

Ctrl+F is a keyboard shortcut that lets you find words or phrases within a document or a webpage on a Windows computer. If you didn’t know such a shortcut existed, don’t worry. You’re not the only ...