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A humorous and lively history of the English language in four letters, containing original research into swearing and how Western culture's taboo words have evolved.

English language --- Swearing --- Profanity --- Cant --- Germanic languages --- History. --- Obscene words --- Slang --- Social aspects --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Historical linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- History

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Humans have been uttering profane words and incurring the consequences for millennia. But contemporary events—from the violence in 2006 that followed Danish newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed to the 2012 furor over the Innocence of Muslims video—indicate that controversy concerning blasphemy has reemerged in explosive transnational form. In an age when electronic media transmit offense as rapidly as profane images and texts can be produced, blasphemy is bracingly relevant again.In this volume, a distinguished cast of international scholars examines the profound difficulties blasphemy raises for modern societies. Contributors examine how the sacred is formed and maintained, how sacrilegious expression is conceived and regulated, and how the resulting conflicts resist easy adjudication. Their studies range across art, history, politics, law, literature, and theology. Because of the global nature of the problem, the volume's approach is comparative, examining blasphemy across cultural and geopolitical boundaries.

Blasphemy --- Church of England -- Clergy --- Swearing --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Religion - General --- Profanity --- Cant --- Freedom of speech --- Libel and slander --- Offenses against religion --- E-books --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. --- Swearing. --- Blasphemy. --- apostasy. --- art. --- blasphemy. --- cultural studies. --- danish newspaper cartoons. --- defamation. --- digital media. --- electronic media. --- geopolitical studies. --- history. --- human rights. --- interdisciplinary. --- international law. --- islam. --- jacksonian america. --- law. --- literature. --- muslim. --- philip roth. --- political history. --- political theology. --- politics. --- pornography. --- profane images. --- profane texts. --- profanity. --- prophet mohammed. --- religion. --- sacred texts. --- sacred. --- sacrilege. --- sacrilegious expression. --- satire. --- secular democracies. --- sociology. --- theology. --- transnational. --- violence.

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Covering the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language, this encyclopedia emphasises on American and British English. A-Z entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating details on the history and origins of each term.

Engelse taal --- Obscene woorden --- Woordenboeken. --- Scheldwoorden --- Slang --- Vloeken --- 802.0 --- 820 --- 820 Engelse literatuur --- Engelse literatuur --- 802.0 Engels. Engelse taalkunde --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde --- English language --- Blessing and cursing --- Invective --- Swearing --- Anglais (Langue) --- Bénédiction et malédiction --- Invectives --- Jurons --- Obscene words --- Dictionaries. --- Mots obscènes --- Dictionnaires --- Argot --- Dictionnaires anglais --- Profanity --- Cant --- Abuse, Verbal --- Insults --- Insults, Verbal --- Verbal abuse --- Vituperation --- Satire --- Germanic languages --- Cursing and blessing --- Execration --- Imprecation --- Malediction --- Incantations --- 820 English literature. Literature in English --- English literature. Literature in English --- Language and languages

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Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.

Taboo, Linguistic --- Politeness (Linguistics) --- Jargon (Terminology) --- Swearing --- Euphemism --- 800.862 --- Slang. Vulgair taalgebruik --- Euphemism. --- Swearing. --- Taboo, Linguistic. --- Politieke correctheid (linguïstiek) --- Taal en censuur --- Taboe --- Vloeken (linguïstiek) --- eufemismen --- Politieke correctheid (linguïstiek). --- Taal en censuur. --- Vloeken (linguïstiek). --- eufemismen. --- slang. --- linguïstiek. --- Jargon (Terminology). --- Politeness (Linguistics). --- Censorship --- Political correctness --- Linguistic taboo --- Ineffable, The --- Taboo --- Profanity --- Cant --- Correctness, Political --- PC (Political correctness) --- P.C. (Political correctness) --- Ideology --- Courtesy (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Buzzwords --- Gobbledygook --- Slang --- Terms and phrases --- Figures of speech --- Semantics --- Book censorship --- Books --- Literature --- Literature and morals --- Anticensorship activists --- Challenged books --- Expurgated books --- Intellectual freedom --- Prohibited books --- Law and legislation --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Sociolinguistics --- Pragmatics --- Censorship. --- Political correctness. --- Etiquette. --- Taal en talen --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Eufemismen. --- Slang. --- Linguïstiek.