Swedish is a wonderful, melodic but often deeply odd language full of strange phrases and words that are seemingly impossible for a human being to pronounce. So, let’s not beat about the bush ...
Confusingly, the Swedish word "kiss" translates to "pee," so beware of that one too. If you think this sounds like something famously foul-mouthed TV chef Gordon Ramsay might say, you could not be ...
Märke is the Swedish word for a mark, badge or brand. It originally comes from a Proto-Germanic word meaning a boundary or boundary marker, which is also where the English word mark comes from (and ...
Not that our society has ever accepted the public use of curse words or strong language for that matter. There are words my grandmother spits out, say when she slips and falls, and she has refused ...
Narrator: Americans are cursing more today than ever before. In fact, the average American utters 80 to 90 curse words every day. That's about five curse words every waking hour. And it might not ...
Killgissa is a relatively new word in the Swedish language, only recognised by the Swedish Language Council in 2017. Its literal translation is "guy-guessing", referring to people (often men, but not ...
Business Insider UK spoke to Richard Stephens, author of the book "Black Sheep: The Hidden Benefits of Being Bad" and psychologist at Keele University, about how knowing a lot of swear words can ...
No matter what, we all need some tips for surviving the shouting, the demonstrating, the tantrum-throwing, the ...
Illustration: Script and Seal More Hours, Less Time: The Curse of Today’s Knowledge Worker ... Staffan Burenstam Linder, a Swedish economist and politician, wrote The Harried Leisure Class ...
But using a curse word to describe an inanimate object like a car, as Verstappen did, or, in the case of Leclerc, having it slip out when asked a leading question over his reaction to what could ...
Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when our knowledge or expertise in a particular area makes it hard for ...
Not that our society has ever accepted the public use of curse words or strong language for that matter. There are words my grandmother spits out, say when she slips and falls, and she has refused ...