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The ascent of the A-word : assholism, the first sixty years / Geoffrey Nunberg.
Van Pelt Library PE3724.O3 N86 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nunberg, Geoffrey, 1945-2020.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Obscene words.
- English language.
- Obscene words.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2012]
- Contents:
- The word
- The uses of vulgarity
- The rise of talking dirty
- The asshole comes of age
- Men re all assholes
- The asshole in the mirror
- The allure of assholes
- The assholism of public life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1610391756
- 9781610391757
- OCLC:
- 777662599
- Publisher Number:
- 99950198461
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