TY  - GEN
T1  - An encyclopedia of swearing the social history of oaths, profanity, foul language, and ethnic slurs in the English-speaking world
T2  - Gale virtual reference library
A1  - Hughes, Geoffrey 1939-
LA  - English
PP  - Armonk, N.Y.
PB  - M.E. Sharpe
YR  - 2006
UL  - https://tuklas.up.edu.ph/Record/UP-1685594773862486025
AB  - "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, such as the ritual insults of Renaissance "flyting" and modern "sounding" or "playing the dozens"."--Publisher's description.
OP  - 573
CN  - ML-ebook
SN  - 9780765621122 (eBook)
SN  - 0765621126 (eBook)
KW  - English language : Obscene words : Dictionaries.
KW  - English language : Slang : Dictionaries.
KW  - Blessing and cursing : Dictionaries.
KW  - Invective : Dictionaries.
KW  - Swearing : Dictionaries.
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -