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    Nine nasty w*rds : English in the gutter : then, now, and forever / John McWhorter.
    by McWhorter, John H. author.
    New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2021
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    276 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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    Damn and hell : English's first bad words -- What is it about fuck? -- Profanity and shit -- A kick-ass little word -- Those certain parts -- Why do we call it "the n-word"? -- The other f-word -- Being in total control, honey! -- A motherfucking addendum.
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    "A linguist examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power (and why we love them so much)"---Provided by the publisher.
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