Federer uses profanity in dispute at Open final

Serena Williams isn't the only Grand Slam champion using profanity at the U.S. Open: Roger Federer let an expletive fly, too.

1

1

ACLU lawsuit contends Pa. man free to choose hell

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has sued on behalf of a man whose company name — "I Choose Hell Productions" — was rejected by the state.

2

1

ACLU: Too many tickets for profanity in Pittsburgh

City police wrote nearly 200 disorderly conduct citations over a 32-month period for swearing, obscene gestures and other acts deemed disrespectful, a number that a civil rights group said was unacceptable and showed a lack of officer training.

1

0

What a Nasty Letter for a $16.96 Debt!

A collection agency tried to collect a $16.96 debt with an letter that addressed its recipient with a four-letter word for excrement. "Dear S---," began the letter attempting to collect from an old record club membership. The word was spelled out in the letter, which arrived in an envelope addressed to "S--- Face."

7

4

Poll: Americans See, Hear More Profanity

This is a story about words we can't print in this story. You probably hear these words often, and more than ever before. But even though we can't print them — we do have our standards — we can certainly ask: Are we living in an Age of Profanity?

30

45

Movie Group: 'Crash' Has Most Curse Words

It's up for several honors at Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, but "Crash" already has taken first prize for the most curse words in a film nominated for best picture.

9

3

Is it REALLY necessary??

Call me old-fashioned, overly sensitive, whatever you would like, but in my opinion, the use of profanity in everyday conversation has become annoying. Apparently, I'm not too far off the mark with this question.

25

99

If the National Football League is really concerned about the behavior of its owners away from the field, maybe it should take a close at the Miami Dolphins.

1

1

Those who pay attention to political rhetoric say an unusual amount of profanity has emanated from this White House – even without counting famously colorful White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

8

8

I was sitting courtside and I heard Serena Williams unleash some profanities and tell the lineswoman that if she called a foot fault again, "I'll stuff this racket down your throat."

3

3

An Indiana mother was cited after police said she directed her foul mouth toward her 10-year-old daughter in public.

1

2

One expected Democratic candidate for Kentucky's 2010 U.S. Senate race is calling on another expected Democratic candidate in the race "to apologize for profanities."

1

5

"Swearing like a sailor may alleviate pain."

5

8

Each year many Kentucky political candidates gather (and speak often offensive words about their opposition) at an annual church picnic in Fancy Farm, Kentucky. The 2009 gathering was held on August 1.

1

3

A team from Blighty's Keele University has confirmed what all of us who've ever hit our thumbs with a hammer have known for years - that swearing can relieve pain

2

1

Sick of all this *#@%!! profanity!

There was a moment when I was just a young lad, sitting and watching M.A.S.H. and enjoying the drama when something I'll never forget happened: Alan Alda cursed.

14

15

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday federal regulators have the authority to clamp down on the broadcast TV networks that air isolated cases of profanity, known as "fleeting expletives."

0

0

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Tuesday in favor of a government policy that threatens broadcasters with fines over the use of even a single curse word on live television, yet stopped short of deciding whether the policy violates the Constitution.

1

1

Headline says it all. Linked video really says it all.

2

2

A video game called "House of the Dead: Overkill" has been named the most profane ever by Guiness World Records, a spokesman said Monday.

1

0

Does every culture use the suggestion of maternal incest as an insult?A mythical beast known as the "grass-mud horse" has become an Internet phenomenon in China.

2

2

Warning: Video contain language that some may find offensive

4

1

Campaigning against profanity

"Omigod!" "Oh, my God!" "Oh . . . My . . . God!" Every day, almost everywhere, God is cited in shock or horror or delight. But not usually in respect or reverence, or with much thought.

6

34

Satire...(video from The Onion)

7

8

A pregnant woman tells what happened when she called into a radio show to confess she had already broken her new years resolution.

2

1

Here's the bill, which would make it a felony "for a person in a public forum or place of public accommodation wilfully and knowingly to publish orally or in writing, exhibit, or otherwise make available material containing words, language, or actions of a profane, vulgar, lewd,  …

2

3

Holy Pottymouth Batman!

In these days of ignorant politicians trying to one-up themselves with ever greater levels of idiocy, a South Carolina state Senator has decided to try to outlaw profanity.

4

4

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-370 SO AS TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO COMMUNICATE PROFANITY IN A PUBLIC FORUM OR PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION; BY ADDING SECTION 16-15-430 SO AS TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DISSEMINATING PROFANITY TO A MINOR AND  …

1

0

Director Darren Aronofsky flipped off the star of his new movie on Sunday evening during the NBC-televised Golden Globe Awards. The network broadcast Aronofsky's gesture without blurring out or otherwise obscuring his raised middle finger.

2

2

The Supreme Court is considering if it has the authority to regulate obscene language on the public airwaves.

1

1

The Supreme Court specializes in law, not lexicography. But it will soon have to consider the meaning of that most versatile of four-letter words.

2

2