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

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LIBRA PE3724.O3 H84 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hughes, Geoffrey, 1939-
Contributor:
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Obscene words--Dictionaries.
English language.
English language--Slang--Dictionaries.
English language--Slang.
Swearing.
Invective.
Blessing and cursing.
English language--Obscene words.
Blessing and cursing--Dictionaries.
Invective--Dictionaries.
Swearing--Dictionaries.
Genre:
Dictionaries.
Physical Description:
xxv, 573 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2006]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-522) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
0765612313
OCLC:
60323487
Publisher Number:
9780765612311

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