If the argument against “bad” words is that the idea behind them is bad, that would make sense for certain words, such as racial slurs, but not others such as “f**k,” “a**” and “c**t,” which are not ...

It’s an awful word, one that sprouted from an even more awful word, and it’s often slung about with reckless abandon by people annoyed by anyone expressing a liberal point of view.

But, as some English words are wont to do, around 500 years later “awful” had changed its ways and had come to mean “something that’s specifically bad.” (“Awesome,” on the other hand ...

Even though the taboo of swear words is not a global issue or a cause that requires global campaigning against, the issue is representative of the general human state. If we can break down the ...