I learned that this version of Tourette is called coprolalia and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it “only affects about 1 in 10 people with Tourette.” It is not ...

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Think of Tourette’s and you might think of involuntary swearing, gestures or noises, often portrayed in pop culture as ...

An example of a complex vocal tic is shouting of profanities or obscenities, so called coprolalia, but this is actually present in less than a third of all patients. Tourette syndrome is often ...

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Jackson Hole High School student Zoe Self, 17, is a youth ambassador for the Tourette Association of America, raising ...

Sadly, many will associate Tourette’s Syndrome, first described in 1885 by the French physician Gilles de la Tourette, with involuntary swearing or coprolalia to use its medical name.

1. It's rare to swear Contrary to popular belief, a massive 90% of people with Tourettes don't have coprolalia - the clinical term for involuntary swearing. Tourettes Action points out that the ...