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008			140109s2013 enka b 000 0 eng
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020			_a9780199742677
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050	0	0	_aPE3724.S85 _b.M65 2013
082	0	0	_a427 MOH
100	1		_aMohr, Melissa
245	1	0	_aHoly shit _b: a brief history of swearing _c/ Melissa Mohr
260			_aNew York _b: Oxford University Press _c, c2013
300			_a316 p. _b: illus. _c; 22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references
505	0		_aTo speak with Roman plainness : ancient Rome -- On Earth as it is in Heaven : the Bible -- Swearing God to pieces : the Middle Ages -- The rise of obscenity : the Renaissance -- The Age of Euphemism : the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- "Fuck 'em all" : swearing in the twentieth century and beyond.
520			_aHoly Sh*t tells the story of two kinds of swearing -- obscenities and oaths -- from ancient Rome and the Bible to today. With humor and insight, Melissa Mohr takes readers on a journey to discover how "swearing" has come to include both testifying with your hand on the Bible and calling someone a *#&!* when they cut you off on the highway. She explores obscenities in ancient Rome--which were remarkably similar to our own--and unearths the history of religious oaths in the Middle Ages, when swearing (or not swearing) an oath was often a matter of life and death. Holy Sh*t also explains the advancement of civility and corresponding censorship of language in the 18th century, considers the rise of racial slurs after World War II, examines the physiological effects of swearing (increased heart rate and greater pain tolerance), and answers a question that preoccupies the FCC, the US Senate, and anyone who has recently overheard little kids at a playground: are we swearing more now than people did in the past?
650		0	_aSwearing _x--History
650		0	_aEnglish language _x--Obscene words _x--History
650		0	_aEnglish language _x--Slang
650		0	_aSocial aspects
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