Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in "blackmail" and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away.

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/musk-uses-expletive-to-tell-audience-he-doesn-t-care-about-advertisers-that-fled-x-over-hate-speech-1.6666562

Despite it being deemed rude or offensive in certain contexts, even some of the most civil-tongued among us may find cathartic or defiant pleasure in using profanity every now and then.

Source: https://larchmontchronicle.com/profanity-through-the-ages-has-had-varied-meanings/

He used profanity more than 20 times!

Source: https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2023/04/21/man-loses-his-mind-as-baby-cries-for-45-minutes-on-flight/

'He walks up and down the street screaming profanity and he does have multiple weapons, like hammers, machetes, things like that,' she said.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12013483/Axe-wielding-homeless-man-spotted-waving-weapon-chopping-trees-LA.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

In texted answers to questions from The Tribune, Tanner said she does not support the use of profanity in front of children.

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/01/16/lgbtq-groups-want-st-george/

Jerry Springer saw the show’s violence and profanity as ‘the price of reality.’

Source: https://themoderatevoice.com/jerry-springer-and-the-history-of-that-bleeping-bleep-sound/

Sixty-eight percent of the oldest Americans — those 65 and older — say hearing profanity in public bothers them “a lot” or “some.”

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/31/23518986/profanity-poll-megyn-kelly-tom-hanks-tom-brady

Sure, all of it comes with a frown and copious profanity, but that’s part of the charm.

Source: https://forward.com/culture/547400/dan-stein-is-a-new-orleans-queer-eye-netflix-jewish/

The suspects reportedly used profanity and made anti-gay comments while they were beating the couple.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-news/gay-couple-in-new-york-city-attacked-beaten-in-times-square/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gay-couple-in-new-york-city-attacked-beaten-in-times-square

Truleo then looks for speech that either displays professionalism — like politeness, gratitude or offering an explanation — or is evidence of negative behaviors, such as insults, profanity and threats.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/07/ai-body-cameras-truleo-aurora-police/

Warning: the video in the embedded tweet contains profanity.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/protesters-clash-outside-drag-queen-storytime-in-coquitlam-b-c-1.6231313

When she chose the latter, her character flipped the NPC off and let out a profanity.

Source: https://gamerant.com/games-like-sims-life-by-you-swearing/