Bad Words
and what they say about us
$48.57
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2019
Summary
Bad Words: A Guide to Modern Taboos and Contentious Expressions
Once upon a time, the worst words you could utter were short, simple and tended to be four letters in length. Now things are more complicated. To be insulted as a ‘snowflake’ or an ‘expert’ is arguably worse than being called a **** or a **** or even a ****.
So what are today’s ‘bad words’ and how are they different from yesterday’s taboo expressions? This entertaining guide to the shifting sands of bad language…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472141576 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472141571 |
| Author: | Philip Gooden |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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”… while the low-hanging sound of ‘bollocks’ seems to imitate the thing it describes.” If that low-hanging sound is music to your ears, Bad Words has plenty.– Times Literary Supplement
”… while the low-hanging sound of ‘bollocks’ seems to imitate the thing it describes.” If that low-hanging sound is music to your ears, Bad Words has plenty. - Times Literary Supplement
About The Author
Philip Gooden
Philip Gooden is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford. He writes books about language as well as historical crime novels. The former include Who’s Whose? A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily-Confused Words, The Story of English, and (as co-author) Idiomantics and The Word at War. He has been nominated for a CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award.
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