The F-Word - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375706348 ISBN 13: 9780375706349

Publisher: Random House Reference &, 1999

Synopsis

Alphabetically arranged entries provide a definitive history of, and usage for, every variation of the "F-Word," with updated examples from various sources from the fifteenth century to the present day. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Jesse Sheidlower was educated in linguistics at the University of Chicago and Trinity College, Cambridge University. He has written about language for Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, and others, and is a sought-after authority for journalists around the country.

From the Inside Flap:

G:  Usually considered vulgar.  X-rated.  Censored.  Bleep.  Not for polite company.  Due to adult language, viewer and parental discretion advised.  Wash your mouth out with soap.  Good boys and girls don't use that kind of language.  Obscene.  Immoral.  Immodest.  And indecent.

IS THIS ALL YOU THINK ABOUT THE F-WORD?  HERE'S THE FULL STORY!

Has any other single word ever sparked so much creativity, and captured so many imaginations?  The F-Word contains page after page of actual, uncensored examples of the word in all its varied and robust use, from its first appearance in English in the fifteenth century to its use in the Starr Report.

This second edition includes many new words and phrases, F-words from Britain, Ireland, and Australia, and hundreds of new examples of usage.  Words, explanatio

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Reference &
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375706348
• ISBN 13: 9780375706349
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Sheidlower Jesse
• Illustrator: MacDonald Ross