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The Curse of the Cussed Profanities

Jesse Walker | 9.21.2005 12:50 PM

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The New York Times' Natalie Angier explores the science of swearing. The least surprising revelation: "The investigators have found, among other things, that men generally curse more than women, unless said women are in a sorority."

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