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

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

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Author / Creator:	Hughes, Geoffrey, 1939-
Imprint:	Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xxv, 573 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	English language -- Obscene words -- Dictionaries. English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries. Blessing and cursing -- Dictionaries. Invective -- Dictionaries. Swearing -- Dictionaries. Blessing and cursing. English language -- Obscene words. English language -- Slang. Invective. Swearing. Reference works. Dictionaries. Reference works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11155590

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ISBN:	9780765621122 0765621126 1280912235 9781280912238 1315706415 9781315706412 1780341350 9781780341354 9786610912230 6610912238 0765612313 9780765612311 0765612313 9780765612311
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-522) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Covering the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language, this encyclopedia emphasises on American and British English. 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.
Other form:	Print version: Hughes, Geoffrey, 1939- Encyclopedia of swearing. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2006 0765612313 9780765612311
Standard no.:	9780765612311

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PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; XYZ.