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Nine Nasty Words : English in the Gutter

4.01 3 readers shelved it

Publisher: Avery
Published: 2021

New York Times reviewed
Obscene words
Humor, form, essays
English language, etymology
English language
Swearing
History
Linguistics

"A linguist examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power (and why we love them so much)"--

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