Author : Charles Soule
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 34,74 MB
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
"EXPLOSIONTOWN," Part Four The evil wizards of the Hole World have been engaged in an epic tournament to see who will be next to travel to Earth to battle our "hero" Wizord. In this issue: winner winner chicken dinner! Meanwhile, our "heroine" Ruby Stitch takes her first steps along a new path. As always: IT'S MAGIC.
Author : John McWhorter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 2023-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0593421388
The New York Times bestseller now in paperback. One of the preeminent linguists of our time 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. Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech--the urgency with which we say "f&*k!" is instead related to the instinct that tells us to flee from danger. Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic. In a particularly coarse moment, when the public discourse is shaped in part by once-shocking words, nothing could be timelier.
Author : Melissa Mohr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 11,23 MB
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0199742677
A humorous, trenchant and fascinating examination of how Western culture's taboo words have evolved over the millennia
Author : Alexis Munier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 2010-09-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1440509603
Airplane Blonde. Intercorpse. Prostitot. Queef. Rainbow Kiss. There's a big world of obscenity out there--and you'll explore every profane nook and cranny in this compilation. We're talking about more than 2,000 insults, obscenities, and vulgarities raw enough to make even the most unflappable linguist blush. Forget grammar school swearing; this is advanced cursing for the most discerning dirty mouths! From the colorful--geequals, manscape, prairie dog--to the crude--giraffe, Roman shower, vagitarian, this big-ass book of bad language will have you dissing douchebags with doolally style in just a friggin' minute!
Author : T. Cathers-Mitchell
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 11,6 MB
Release : 2016-12-24
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781520236957
This book is for all you motherfathers in need of creative ways to avoid swearing. Whether you are at work, or around children, this book will give you a plethora of fun ways to express yourself without cussing.
Author : Emma Byrne
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1324000295
"Entertaining and thought-provoking…Byrne’s enthusiasm for her esoteric subject is contagious, damn it." —Melissa Dahl, New York Times Book Review In this sparkling debut work of popular science, Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. She explores every angle of swearing—why we do it, how we do it, and what it tells us about ourselves. Packed with the results of unlikely and often hilarious scientific studies—from the “ice-bucket test” for coping with pain, to the connection between Tourette’s and swearing, to a chimpanzee that curses at her handler in sign language—Swearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but convincing case for the foulmouthed.
Author : Nico Nassenstein
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,82 MB
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1501511084
While most of the more recent influential work on swearing has concentrated on English and other languages from the Global North, looking at forms and functions of swear words, this contribution redirects the necessary focus onto a sociolinguistics of swearing that puts transgressive practices in non-Western languages into the focus. The transdisciplinary volume contains innovative case studies that address swearing and cursing in parts of the world characterized by consequences of colonialism and increasingly debated inequalities. Turning away from more conventional and established methodologies and theoretical approaches, the book envisages to address transgressive linguistic practices, performances and contexts in Africa, Asia, America and Europe –including individuals' creativity, subversive power and agency. Due to its interdisciplinary and non-mainstream focus, this volume is an essential addition to the field of studies.
Author : Qurratulaen Liaqat
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2023-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1527518957
What is a suitable genre to describe the post-9/11 era mired in wars, violence, and unspeakable horror? What kind of literary expressions and techniques are appropriate to give voice to the prevalence of global anguish in the post-9/11 scenario? Is the Theatre of the Absurd a viable option for the expression of the incongruity of the unspeakable horror unleashed after 9/11? Is the term ‘absurd’ applicable to this era? If yes, in what terms is this applicable? This book tries to find answers to these questions and many more. It reflects on the epistemological shifts in the avant-garde tradition of the Theatre of the Absurd, its ongoing critical currency in contemporary history, and its changing contours in the post-9/11 plays of Rajiv Joseph, an emerging American dramatist. It establishes the continued relevance of the Theatre of the Absurd at the current juncture of human history.
Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Dragonsteel, LLC
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,83 MB
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1938570081
Originally appearing in the Dangerous Women anthology and now available as a solo ebook, Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell is a chilling novella of the Cosmere, the universe shared by Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series and the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. When the familiar and seemingly safe turns lethal, therein danger lies. Amid a forest where the shades of the dead linger all around, every homesteader knows to follow the Simple Rules: “Don’t kindle flame, don’t shed the blood of another, don't run at night. These things draw shades.” Silence Montane has broken all three rules on more than one occasion. And to protect her family from a murderous gang with high bounties on their heads, Silence will break every rule again, at the risk of becoming a shade herself.
Author : Noddy Parts Mcgee
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
Release : 2016-03-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781530491162
You love word search puzzles, but you also love swearing like a drunken sailor. Before today you weren't able to combine both of your passions into one single activity. Now you can! Leave those vulgarity-free word-find puzzles book days behind you. Get in on some swear word filled word search activities by buying this book! This book is filled with cursing, swearing, dirty words, sex references, vulgarity, nastiness, naughtiness, and everything else that is wrong with the world today. These naughty word-search puzzles might make you laugh, vomit, cry, or all of the above. This word-find puzzles book is strictly for adults as it is very offensive to anyone who sets their eyes upon it (especially me...I'm very offended)!
