Calgary-born William Nylander of the Toronto Maple Leafs is giving the middle finger to TV crews. Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just casually dropping bullsh*t in Davos, Switzerland. Where are we with swearing holding prominence in 2026 in our language - OR, is there just too much else to worry about in the world (tariffs, affordability, U.S. all-consuming politics) that swearing is just not something our brain can worry about. Darin Flynn, associate professor of linguistics at The University of Calgary gives us the down low of swearing in 2026.