An encyclopedia of swearing the social history of oaths, profanity, foul language, and ethnic slurs in the English-speaking world

"Entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including details on the history and origins of each term and the social context in which it found expression. Categories include blasphemy, obscenity, profanity, the categorization of women and races, and modal varieties,...

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Main Author:	Hughes, Geoffrey 1939- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Gale Group
Format:	Electronic Resource
Language:	English
Published:	Armonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpe [2006]
Series:	Gale virtual reference library
Subjects:	English language > Obscene words > Dictionaries. English language > Slang > Dictionaries. Blessing and cursing > Dictionaries. Invective > Dictionaries. Swearing > Dictionaries. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Available for University of the Philippines Baguio via ProQuest Ebook Central. Click here to access