obscene words

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obscene words

An encyclopedia of swearing

the social history of oaths, profanity, foul language, and ethnic slurs in the English-speaking world
  • Hughes, Geoffrey
Traces the social history of swearing in the English language, describing the origins of various swear words and listing their variations and uses.

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a good look at bad language
  • Wajnryb, Ruth
2005
Traces the dramatic rise in the use and acceptance of offensive language in the English language over the past century, and examines what the rise in cursing reveals about language and human nature.
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