Maledicta

Author : Geoffrey Hughes
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 0765629542
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Swearing written by Geoffrey Hughes and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2006-05-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only encyclopedia and social history of swearing and foul language in the English-speaking world. It covers the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language. While the emphasis is on American and British English, the different major global varieties, such as Australian, Canadian, South African, and Caribbean English are also covered. A-Z entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating 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, such as the ritual insults of Renaissance flyting and modern sounding or playing the dozens. Entries cover the historical dimension of the language, from Anglo-Saxon heroic oaths and the surprising power of medieval profanity, to the strict censorship of the Renaissance and the vibrant, modern language of the streets. Social factors, such as stereotyping, xenophobia, and the dynamics of ethnic slurs, as well as age and gender differences in swearing are also addressed, along with the major taboo words and the complex and changing nature of religious, sexual, and racial taboos.

Author : Reinhold Aman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maledicta written by Reinhold Aman and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rik Smits
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789145937
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Verbal Warfare written by Rik Smits and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny and fascinating exploration of our reliance upon swear words, insults, and the artfully placed expletive, damn it. We use salty or artful language to win arguments, slander, cheat, and bully, as well as to express feelings of joy or frustration by swearing or “blowing off steam.” Rik Smits delves into the magic of oaths and profanity, art and advertising, the lure of fake news and propaganda, as well as invective and off-color jokes the world over. This book shows why conversation dies in crowded elevators and what drives us to curse at our laptops. The Art of Verbal Warfare is, when all is said and done, the story of how we can get through life without coming to physical blows.

Author : Paul Dickson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802718493
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slang written by Paul Dickson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to be privy to the inside banter of the boardroom, backroom or the Washington Beltway, Slang is an indispensable resource, and a lot of fun. Slang is evidence that the spoken language is continually changing to meet new needs for verbal expressions, tailored to changing realities and perceptions. Unlike most slang dictionaries that list entries alphabetically, Slang takes on modern American English one topic at a time, from "auctionese" to "computerese", the drug trade and sports slang. Slang was originally published by Pocket Books in 1990 in paperback and revised in 1998 in hardcover and paperback. The new Slang has 50% new material, including new chapters on slang associated with work cubicles, gaming, hip hop, and coffeehouses. Dickson brings slang into the twenty-first century with such blogger slang as TMPMITW, which stands for "the most powerful man in the world" (the president). Whether you want to be privy to the inside banter of the boardroom, backroom or the Washington Beltway, Slang is an indispensable resource, and a lot of fun.

Author : Matt Ruff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0061983640
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Set This House in Order written by Matt Ruff and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his stepfather. . . . It was no ordinary murder. Though the torture and abuse that killed him were real, Andy Gage's death wasn't. Only his soul actually died, and when it died, it broke in pieces. Then the pieces became souls in their own right, coinheritors of Andy Gage's life. . . . While Andy deals with the outside world, more than a hundred other souls share an imaginary house inside Andy's head, struggling to maintain an orderly coexistence: Aaron, the father figure; Adam, the mischievous teenager; Jake, the frightened little boy; Aunt Sam, the artist; Seferis, the defender; and Gideon, who wants to get rid of Andy and the others and run things on his own. Andy's new coworker, Penny Driver, is also a multiple personality, a fact that Penny is only partially aware of. When several of Penny's other souls ask Andy for help, Andy reluctantly agrees, setting in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the stability of the house. Now Andy and Penny must work together to uncover a terrible secret that Andy has been keeping . . . from himself.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415259385
Total Pages : 1150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z written by Eric Partridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : John Cumming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Babylon Foreshadowed in Her Teaching, in History, and in Prophecy written by John Cumming and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steven Connor
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861892942
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fly written by Steven Connor and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2006-12-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fly explores the history of this much-maligned creature and then turns to examine its newfound redemption through science.

Author : Thomas H. Slone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 097141274X
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rasta is Cuss written by Thomas H. Slone and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1176 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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