Deadpool & Wolverine leads a pop culture cascade of F-bombs

By Lisa Richwine and Jorge Garcia

What the f—? The F-word, once seen as the most shocking expletive in the English language, has become commonplace in pop culture.

Deadpool & Wolverine, the R-rated Marvel film from family friendly Walt Disney, features the word ‘fuck’ more than 100 times. Taylor Swift sings it 18 times in just one song on her hit album The Tortured Poets Department, and many other pop stars utter it freely.

As its public usage has increased, the...