People who uncontrollably utter obscenities may be more sick than sickening. Doctors have long known (TIME, Aug. 29, 1949) that such compulsive cursing, often accompanied by a violent muscular tic, ...

Just about everyone swears on occasion. But some people are cursed with a pathological need to curse—and uncontrollably shout obscenities every few minutes. Accompanied by a violent muscular tic, ...