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F**K : an irreverent history of the F-word / Rufus Lodge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lodge, Rufus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Semantics.
- English language.
- English language--Etymology.
- English language--Obscene words.
- Fuck (The English word).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 195 pages ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Fuck
- Place of Publication:
- London The Friday Project , 2013.
- Summary:
- F, U, C, and K. Four letters that when combined, can cause outrage, scandal, embarrassment, or instant rekief if you've hit your thumb with a hammer. The F-word can be heard among aristocrats and astronauts, rock stars and royals, poets nd politicians, even in the company of Father Ted and Bail Brush. In this comprehensive and frequently hilarious book, Rufus Lodge searches out the origins of the most popular and versatile word in the English language, and chronicles its dramatic arrival in our everyday lives.
- ISBN:
- 9780007522002
- 0007522002
- OCLC:
- 864393831
- Publisher Number:
- 99958887261
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