In praise of profanity /

"When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f****** deal!" A town in Massachusetts levies $20 fines on swearing in public. Nothing is as paradoxical as our attitude toward swearing and &q...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adams, Michael, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
English language > Obscene words.
English language > Slang.
Swearing.
Anglais (Langue) > Argot.
Jurons.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Vocabulary.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language > Obscene words
English language > Slang
Swearing
Englisch
Fluch
Schimpfwort
Slang
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