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In Praise of Profanity
In Praise of Profanity
Author: Michael Adams
When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f****** deal!" A town in Massachusetts levies $20 fines on swearing in public. Nothing is as paradoxical as our attitude toward swearing and "bad language": how can we judge profanity so harshly in principl...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199337583
ISBN-10: 0199337586
Publication Date: 8/1/2016
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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