Profanity

It Might Help If You Curse A Little More At Work

Wall Street Journal | Joann S. Lublin | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Leadership, Leadership Tactics, Workplace, Carol Bartz, Profanity, Cursing at Work, Career Advice for Women, Curse Words, Workplace Behavior, Money News

Carol Bartz, fired as chief executive of Yahoo Inc. YHOO -0.20% last September, wishes she did one thing differently during her troubled tenure. "I...

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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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The 'Right Words' For Your Child Might Be Profane

Lisa Belkin | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Good Luck Charms, 2012 Superbowl, Call Your Mother, Dave Tollefson, Profanity, Sons and Mothers, New York Giants, Parents News

Before every game, hulking football defensive end Dave Tollefson calls his mother. Then she curses at him for awhile before he heads off to the field.

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A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas Is a Very Raunchy Movie

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Profanity, Kal Penn, Drug Usage, Sacrilegious Material, Graphic Nudity, Entertainment News

This movie has something in it to offend just about anyone. It is sacrilegious to the extreme; it has graphic nudity; it has sexual situations and gross humor; it has no redemptive value.

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Nice Girls Don't: My Language, What It Says About Me -- And What It Doesn't

Vicki Abelson | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Language, Women's Language, Freedom in Language, Profanity, Perception of Women, Profanity in Writing, Women News

Until a few years ago, I don't think I'd ever written a curse word on a public forum. Then I thought, to hell with that.

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Suburb Legalizes Swearing By Repealing Rarely Enforced Ordinance

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Weird Laws, Chicagoland, Chicago Suburbs, Park Ridge Anti-Swearing Law, Anti-Swearing Law, Profanity, Illinois, Park Ridge Anti-Profanity Law, Park Ridge Illinois, Anti-Profanity Law, Old Laws, Profanity Law, Chicago News

Northwest suburban Park Ridge residents will now be able to swear, legally, thanks to a local law being stripped from the books. The Park Ridge Cit...

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Parents and Media Ratings: Context Isn't a New Concept

David Kleeman | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Sexualization, Internet, Television, TV Ratings, Research, Children, V-Chip, Profanity, Violence, Common Sense Media, Fred Rogers Center, Children's Television, Media, Video Games, Parents Television Council, Movies, Media News

In the July issue of "Pediatrics," a research team headed by Iowa State's Douglas Gentile found that parents are not satisfied with age-based rating s...

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Holy $#&@! Study Shows 47% Of Facebook Walls Contain Profanity

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Social Media, Reppler Facebook, Reppler, Facebook Profanity Study, Profanity, Social Media Profanity, Facebook, Study, Technology News

Whether it's gossip among friends or reacting to the latest unbelievable viral video, the chatter on Facebook tends to elicit emotional and visceral r...

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Brewery Sues To Run 'Raging Bitch' IPA Label

DCist | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Food Lawsuits, Raging Bitch Belgian-Style Indian Pale Ale, Profanity, Beer, Beer Labels, Ipa, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, Ralph Steadman, Flying Dog Brewery, Food News

When it comes to bastions of decency and decorum, beer isn't necessarily the first place one would think to look for them. But according to Maryland-b...

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Burger King Employees Fired Over F*ck You-Laden Receipt

NBC Bay Area | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Burger King Fuck You Receipt, Fast Food, Burger King Recept, Burger King Firings, Profanity, Burger King, Food News

Burger King corporate stepped in and fired two of its employees after a drive through receipt with some choice words made it on national television. ...

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Friday Talking Points [141] -- Rahm's Exit Contest Winner Announced

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Lee, Elizabeth Warren, White House, Mcconnell, Chief of Staff, President, One Nation Working Together, Pete Rouse, Warren, Rouse, Oct 2, Emanuel, Profanity, Midotw, Rally, Confirmation, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Rahm's Exit, Reid, Professional Left, murphy80, Lefty, In Session, Sex Ed, Kaufman, Budget, Congress, Joe Biden, Frank Lautenberg, Biden, Barack Obama, Enthusiasm Gap, Fucking Retarded, Lautenberg, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Harry Reid, Abstinence Only, Senate, Quatloos, Vice President, Standard, Vice President Biden, President Obama, Mitch McConnell, Exit, Washington, Obama, March, Friday Talking Points, Whining, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Rahm, Left, Lefties, House, Ted Kaufman, Abstinence, Lee, Contest, Chris Weigant, Sex, Recess Appointment, George W Bush, Takesake, Politics News

I will begin today's column by drying a tear as we all wish Rahm Emanuel a fond farewell. Actually, I am lying. I am drying no tears for Rahm becaus...

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Exclusive Interview With David Kohan, Creator of #! My Dad Says* TV Series, Premiering Tonight

Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TV Show, Profanity, David Kohan, Cbs, Sh*T My Dad Says, Manhood, Interview, Fathers, Entertainment News

Tom Matlack talks manhood, fatherhood, sexuality (and profanity!) with David Kohan, whose new show, $#*! My Dad Says premieres tonight on CBS.

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WATCH: ANOTHER Guest Drops F-Bomb On Fox News

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Robin Hood 702, Fox News, Fox and Friends, Profanity, Media News

Another guest has dropped the f-bomb on Fox News. Just weeks after Michael Lohan said the f-word to Shepard Smith, the network played host to another...

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Goldman Sachs and the Ghost of Sam Erwin

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Knoxville, Sam Erwin, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Winners, Washington, Financial Reform, George W. Bush, Main Street, Jim Steinman, Msnbc, Too Big to Fail, Goldman Sachs, Montana, Richard Nixon, Too Big for Jail, Richmond Ky, Profanity, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Michigan Democratic Party, American College, Carl Levin, Democratic Party, Secretary of the Treasury, North Carolina, McNay Settlement Group, Msfs, Chfc, Don McNay, Texas, Congress, Clu, Comedy Channel, Cnn, Watergate Hearings, Losers and What to Do When You Win the Lottery, Wall Street, Howard Baker, Vanderbilt University, Mike Mansfield, Proctor and Gamble, Eastern Kentucky University, Million Dollar Round Table, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Henry Paulson, Fox News, Tennessee, Ben Bernanke, Congressional Hearings, Watergate, Sam Rayburn, Business News

Any stand-up comic knows that a great way to draw attention is to use profanity. Thus, it is truly sad to see a Senator I used to respect like Carl Levin fall for that tactic.

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This Bud's For You

Lisa Guerrero | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Natural, Glenn Close, Bud Adams, Lisa Guerrero, Madonna, Profanity, Kate Hudson, Alex Rodriguez, Team Owner, Sports News

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Please Join This Global Showing of Solidarity (and Profanity)

Dave Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global, Dave Hill, Profanity, Solidarity, Comedy News

I realize it is at this point that you are assuming that Internation Holy F@#king Sh*t Day is a day of some sort of global panic, a shared experience of extreme terror or something. However, this could not be further from the truth.

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Geithner Drops the F-Bomb! Reform Will Follow

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Regulatory Reform, Management, Profanity, Financial Crisis, Geithner Financial Reform, Financial Reform, Business News

Tim Geithner dropped the F-Bomb repeatedly the other day. And I think it's safe to say it's living proof that genuine regulatory reform is now on the way.

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Cursing, A Natural Painkiller?

ABC News | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pain, Painkillers, Health, Cursing, Profanity, Curse, Profane, Healthy Living News

Stubbed your toe? Burned your hand on a hot pot? Go ahead and curse. It might make you feel better. New study shows the use of profanity might be a p...

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Nance Gardner, Expletive, Expletive Deleted, Abuse, Feinstein, Guantanamo, Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Mccain, Bowdlerize, Bailout, Condoleezza Rice, National Security, Midotw, Profanity, Spit, Big Three, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Levin, Carl Levin, Detroit, Sam Donaldson, Barack Obama, George Washington, Mddotw, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, World War II, Nixon, Piss, Senate, Auto Industry, Teddy Roosevelt, Cheney, Obama, Vitter, Blago, Bush, Euphemism, Bleep, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Andrew Malcolm, Big 3, John McCain, Go Fuck Yourself, Manufacturing, 2008 Election, Detainee, Warm Bucket of Spit, Prisoner, Gonzales, Go Cheney Yourself, Chris Weigant, Abu Graib, Leahy, Four Letter Word, Warm Bucket of Piss, Ass Backward, Torture, Vonnegut, Anglo-Saxon, Blaggy, Blag, Fitzgerald, Ashcroft, Politics News

The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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Explain? How Do You Explain Saying

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Radio, Election 2008 Coverage, Talk Radio, John McCain, Fcc, Apologies, Charles Karel Bouley, Profanity, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Hate Speech, 2008 Election, Media News

I am sorry anyone thought I wanted a real person dead -- I did not. But John McCain, Sarah Palin and all the zealot conservatives meant the dangerous things they said about Obama. They still mean it, and they've never apologized for it.

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"F--- Bush" Editorial Lands College Paper In Hot Water

Fort Collins Coloradoan | TREVOR HUGHES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Colorado State University, Newspapers, Editorials, Profanity, Media News

A four-word editorial published in the student newspaper at Colorado State University has landed the paper's student man-agers in hot water with campu...

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