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Worrying About What Our Teens are Reading? Really?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Women, Language, Children, Books, Daughters, Teens, Sons, Tweens, Public Education, Technology, Video Games, Cursing, Mothers, Fathers, Swearing, Parents News

When I was growing up, my mom's best gift to me was to take me to the library.

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Is It True That Becoming A Parent Changes You?

Dan Bucatinsky | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Dads, Kids, Raising Children, Beverly Hills, Parenting, Gay, Los Angeles, Gay Marriage, Swearing, Parenting Wisdom, Parents News

Is there a natural shift that occurs when we realize we're responsible for more than just ourselves?

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Study: Cursing Is Good For Your Health

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Vulgarity, Video, Cursing Reduces Stress, Cursing Stress, Health, Curse, Curse Words, Cursing, Swearing, Culture News

*#&$^%!!!! It sometimes seems dropping an F-bomb just makes you feel better -- and now there's proof. A study concluded that there really are feelings...

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Why Cursing At Work Is A Good Thing

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Profanity, Business News, Reporters, Carol Bartz, Profane Speech, Timothy Geithner, F-Bomb, Cussing, Swearing, Business News

Common knowledge says spewing out profanity-laden language to let out your frustrations at work isn't the best idea. That may be a misguided assumpti...

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Accidents Caused By Wearing Headphones On The Rise

| Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Headphones, Sweeney Todd, Local-High-School-News, Math Marathon, Teens Swearing, No Cussing Club, Headphone Accidents, High School News, Swearing, Teen News

Every week, HuffPost High School rounds up the best local news stories about high school students from across the country through our friends at Patch...

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An Open Letter to Cam and Mitchell

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Television, Preschoolers, Elementary Schoolers, Modern Family, Toddlers, Preschool Education, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Swearing, Parents-Toddlers, Parents News

By five or six almost every child is going to surprise their parents with the "S," "D," or even the "F" word that they overheard on the playground, bus, or even from you.

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The Curse Of The Mother

Leah Ariniello | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Foul Language, Children Cursing, Cursing, Four Letter Words, Swearing, Parents News

The kindergarten teacher wrote in curly script that she had instructed my sweet boy that day to use "kind" words, when talking with other students. Not words like "shit."

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WATCH: How To Say 'Fox On The Beach'

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Fox on the Beach, Kids Swearing, Funny Kids, Video, Urlesque, Kids Say the Darndest Things, Kids, Swearing, Comedy News

Kids are funny when they're learning to talk. Admit it. They're experiencing everything for the first time and only know a handful of words, so th...

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What the !#$@%*?: Will the Rise of Spanish Redefine Indecency?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Insults, Broadcasting, Latinos, Latino, Ranchera, Univision, Broadcast Indecency, English, Hispanic, Bilingual, Spanish, Bilingualism, Hispanics, Cussing, Obscenity, Broadcast Media, Indecency, Broadcast TV, English Language, Vulgarity, Multilingualism, Fcc, Multilingual, Spanish Language, Federal Communications Commission, Bleep, Los Angeles Times, Spanish Broadcasting, Liz Lemon, Sue Sylvester, Swearing, Media News

It stands to reason that as America grows more multilingual, we'll hear more Spanish on the airwaves. And some of that Spanish will be of the naughty variety.

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Brooklyn Man Booted From Flight For Swearing

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Marcus | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Booted From Flight, Brooklyn, Detroit, Travel, Robert Sayegh, Kicked Off of Flight, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5136, Manners, Swearing, Delays, New York News

Long delays in air travel can bring out the worst in all of us, but mind your manners or you may find yourself grounded -- just like a Brooklyn N.Y. m...

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*$%#@! Cursing Can Soothe Pain, Research Shows

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 06.24.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Body, Swearing Pain, Swearing and Pain, Personal Health, Swearing Good for You, Swearing Helps Pain, Swearing, Home News

The next time you let a string of expletives rip in front of a disapproving audience, try this excuse: Swearing, it seems, is actually a powerful pain...

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Government APPEALS Decision Striking Down FCC Swearing Policy

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc Swearing, Fcc Obscenity Policy, Fcc, Courts, Obscenity, Swearing, Media News

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are appealing a recent court decision that struck down a 2004 government policy that says broadcasters can be fi...

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FCC Curse Word Policy Tossed By Federal Court

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nicole Richie, Court, First Amendment, Obscenities, Expletives, Free Speech, Cher, Policy, Decency, Fcc, Sex, Swear Word, Curse Word, Fox, Censorship, Bono, Swearing, Media News

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a government policy that can lead to broadcasters being fined for allowing even a single c...

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On the Strategic Use of the F-word: Is Swearing a Currency in High Tech?

Caroline Simard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organizational Culture, High Tech Companies, Assertiveness, Women Executives, Executives, Swearing, Workplace Diversity, Communication, Technology News

As our research report in collaboration with Stanford University found, corporate America overwhelmingly values being outspoken and assertive, and swearing is nothing more than a reflection of these values.

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Watch Your Tweet!

mashable.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tweeting, Jar, Twitter, Tweet, Swear Jar, Twitter Swear Jar, Swearing, Twitter Swear Jarr, Swear Jarr, Technology News

SwearJarr is a simple site with a simple purpose -- to clean up Twitter for a good cause. SwearJarr operates with a self-policing model, so Twitter us...

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A Strongly Worded Letter to the California Assembly

Kirker Butler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Cleveland Show, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles, Swearing, California, Cuss Free Week, Anthony Portantino, Comedy News

Our streets are crumbling, businesses are leaving, and you want to take away our right to swear? What the fuck is wrong with you? This is exactly the time when Californians need swearing the most.

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Cuss Free Week Passed By California Assembly

go.com | by Subha Ravindhran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Cuss Free, Cuss Free Week, Los Angeles, No Cussing, Swearing, California, Los Angeles News

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Watch your language! That was the message on Thursday from the California State Assembly, as they passed a resolution makin...

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I Swear This Has To Stop

Jim Watkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community, Bad Language, New York City Subway, New York City, Swearing, New York News

In a place like New York City, where people are packed together so closely that private conversations can become community events, I see very little concern about having bad language overheard.

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Still Crazy After All These Years: Censorship in the 21st Century

Kelly Carlin | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: George Carlin, Martin Luther King, Mark Twain Awards, Kennedy Honors, Pbs, Television @Y:Entertainment, Language, Swearing, Home News

Last Wednesday PBS aired the Mark Twain Prize in which my father, George Carlin, was posthumously honored for his life long work in Comedy.

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