Tag: PROFANITY

Having scoured Twitter for profanities last year, clever cartographer Daniel Huffman has mapped the prevalence of pottymouths across the U.S. The darkest shade of red indicates a citizenry that routinely watches its mouth, while the bright crimson marks a particularly pottymouthed populace. Sure, New York City's scorching scarlet and Oklahoma City's dull red likely won't shock anybody. But Los ...

Well, it looks like Wall Street's finally cleaning up its game. Don't misunderstand; investment bankers will still find new and unctuous ways to make money in a thin economy. But, from now on, employees at one gilded corporation will be forced to use slightly less colorful language when sending celebratory e-mails about their year-end bonuses. According to the Wall Street Journal, bigwigs at ...

Tonya Carrington claims that the Nintendo version of Scrabble has taught her eight-year-old son Ethan dirty words, UPI reports. After reading the label on the game's box, which qualified it as suitable for young children, Ms. Carrington brought the game home in hopes of expanding her son's vocabulary. Undoubtedly, the game did expand Ethan's vocabulary, but not in the way his mother had ...