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Opus maledictorum : a book of bad words / Reinhold Aman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aman, Reinhold.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obscene words.
- Invective.
- Blessing and cursing.
- Racism in language.
- Swearing.
- Physical Description:
- 362 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- 1st Marlowe & Company ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Marlowe & Co., 1996.
- Summary:
- Culled from 20 years of Maledicta--"the journal the world swears by"--This compendium of colorful language in all its forms takes a linguistic look at "dirty words". Offering a clever mixture of both scholarly and popular, witty and serious words, this good-natured look at offensive language includes dirty jokes, regional swear words, and myriad terms of abuse.
- Notes:
- "Insults, curses, slurs, blasphemies, and other maledicta from around the world"--Cover.
- "Culled from ... Maledicta : The International Journal of Verbal Aggression"--Page 4 of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1569248362
- 9781569248362
- OCLC:
- 34304981
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