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  • The Aussie swearers guide, by Arthur Chipper. Illustrated by Peter Leuver.

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    • Melbourne, Gold Star Publications, 1972.
    • 1972
    • 1 Item
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  • Bozzimacoo : origins & meanings of oaths & swear words / by Mary Marshall.

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    • Walton-on-Thames : M. and J. Hobbs ; London : Joseph, 1975.
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
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  • Le livre des sacres et blasphèmes québécois / Gilles Charest.

    • Text
    • Montréal : L'Aurore, 1974.
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
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  • Indahiro z'abanyarwanda.

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    • Kigali : Impr. nationale du Rwanda, [1975?]
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc Micro F-9383Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The anatomy of swearing.

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    • New York, Macmillan [1967]
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 89-2168Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Wicked words : a treasury of curses, insults, put-downs, and other formerly unprintable terms from Anglo-Saxon times to the present / Hugh Rawson.

    • Text
    • New York : Crown Publishers, c1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text Pub. Cat. PE3721 .R38 1989Schwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315

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  • Bad language / Lars Andersson and Peter Trudgill.

    • Text
    • Oxford ; Cambridge, MA : Basil Blackwell by arrangement with Penguin Books, 1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
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  • That's the way the Russians swear : 100 expressions / by David Elyanov.

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    • Pacific Grove, Ca. : D. Elyanov, 1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
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    Text Slav. Reserve 90-7868Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Swearing : a social history of foul language, oaths and profanity in English / Geoffrey Hughes.

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    • Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Basil Blackwell, 1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 91-7604Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Schmutzige Wörter ; Eichborns sechssprachiges Wörterbuch der Schimpfwörter, Vulgärausdrucke und Flüche : Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch, Türkisch internationale Verbal-Injurien / herausgegeben von Hella Thal.

    • Text
    • Frankfurt am Main : Eichborn, 1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 92-10724Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Slang and euphemism : a dictionary of oaths, curses, insults, sexual slang and metaphor, racial slurs, drug talk, homosexual lingo, and related matters / by Richard A. Spears.

    • Text
    • New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Signet, c1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFC 01-1927Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The Australian dictionary of insults & vulgarities / compiled by Blind Freddy ; illustrated by Dennis Miller.

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    • Castle Hill, N.S.W., Australia : Peter Anthill-Rose, 1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 93-11965Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Velikorusskie zaklinani︠i︡a : sbornik L.N. Maĭkova / posleslovie, primechani︠i︡a i podgotovka teksta A.K. Baĭburina.

    • Text
    • Sankt Peterburg : Izd-vo Evropeĭskogo Doma, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text *QCF 95-1027Offsite
  • Słownik polskich przekleństw i wulgaryzmów / Maciej Grochowski.

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    • Warszawa : Wydawn. Nauk. PWN, 1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
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    Text *QOB 96-2313Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Blue streak : swearing, free speech, and sexual harassment / Richard Dooling.

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    • New York : Random House, 1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 96-18861Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • English as a second f*cking language / by Sterling Johnson ; and a distinguished panel of experts.

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    • New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 1996, c1995.
    • 1996-1995
    • 1 Item
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    Text 9-NAZ 96-10620Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Lars porsena; or, the future of swearing and improper language.

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    • London, Paul, Trench, Trubner [1929]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
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    Text B-10 239Offsite
  • Das Schimpfbuch, von Amtsschimmel bis Zimtziege.

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    • [Herrenalb] H. Erdmann [1962]
    • 1962
    • 1 Item
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    Text C-12 5136Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • L. m. i. A. : des Ritters Götz von Berlichingen denkwürdige Fensterrede oder die bewussten vier Buchstaben hinterrücks enthüllt, ins rechte Licht gesetzt und mit dankenswerter Unterstützung der Herren Dante, Mozart, Schubart, Goethe, Schiller u. a. in Verbindung mit dem Internationalen Götz-Sprachenführer als Handbuch zur weltweiten Pfege des Götz-Zitats für nachsichtige Zeitgenossen / bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Heinz-Eugen Schramm.

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    • Tübingen : F. Schlichtenmayer, 1960.
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
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    Text D-17 3945Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Dictionnaire des injures, précédé d'un petit traité d'injurologie.

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    • [Paris] Tchou, 1967.
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
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    Text F-11 7287Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The future of swearing and improper language, by Robert Graves.

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    • London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1936.
    • 1936
    • 1 Item
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    Text RNM (Graves, R. R. Future of swearing)Offsite
  • Lars Porsena; or, The future of swearing and improper language, by Robert Graves.

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    • New York, E.P. Dutton & company [c1927]
    • 1927
    • 1 Item
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    Text RNM (Graves, R. R. Lars Porsena)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Lars Porsena; or, The future of swearing and improper language.

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    • London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner; New York, E.P. Dutton [1927]
    • 1927
    • 2 Items
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    Text RNM (Graves, R. Lars Porsena)Offsite
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  • Dictionnaire des injures, insultes, jurons, moqueries & épithètes aux pays picards : Picardie, Flandre, Artois, Hainault / Jean-Marie Braillon.

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    • Elmè : Franque in.niviérchitèie picàrte éd qhiérache, [1996]
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 98-135Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The lost art of profanity; foreword by H. L. Mencken, drawings by Orson Lowell.

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    • Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Co. [1948]
    • 1948
    • 1 Item
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    Text ZIL (Johnson, B. Lost art of profanity)Offsite
  • Pole brani : skvernoslovie kak so︠t︡sialʹna︠i︡a problema / V.I. Zhelʹvis.

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    • Moskva : "Ladomir", c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text *QI 97-9726Offsite
  • Corrections fraternelles avx ivrevrs, renievrs, et blasphemateurs.

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    • Paris, S. Cramoisy, 1625.
    • 1625
    • 1 Item
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    Text ZIL (Corrections fraternelles avx ivrevrs, renievrs, et blasphemateurs)Offsite
  • L. m. i. A. : des Ritters Götz von Berlichingen denkwürdige Fensterrede oder die bewussten 4 Buchstaben hinterrücks enthüllt, ins rechte Licht gesetzt und mit dankenswerter Unterstützung der herren Dante, Mozart, Schubart, Goethe, Schiller u.a. in Verbindung mit dem Internationalen Götz-Sprachenführer als Handbuch zur weltweiten Pflege des Götz-Zitats für nachsichtige Zeitgenossen / bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Heinz-Eugen Schramm.

    • Text
    • Gerlingen : Körner, 1967.
    • 1967
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 00-15621Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Deutsche Stich- und Hieb-Worte / von Karl Heinrich Schaible ; ein Vortrag gehalten im "Deutschen Verein für Kunst und Wissenschaft" in London.

    • Text
    • Strassburg : Trübner, 1879.
    • 1879
  • A sermon in praise of swearing ...

    • Text
    • Boston, Printed, and sold by Elisha Brown, 1767.
    • 1767
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KD 1767 (Sermon in praise of swearing)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A plain and faithful testimony against that abominable, but too fashionable vice of profane swearing. Being the substance of several discourses from James V.12. which came lately in course to be expounded. By Nathaniel Appleton ... Proper to be in families for the frequent serious perusal of young people ...

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    • Boston, New-England, Printed by R. & S. Draper, and T. & J. Fleet, 1765.
    • 1765
    • 1 Item
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    Text *KD 1765 (Appleton, N. Plain and faithful testimony)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • A cursory history of swearing [microform] / by Julian Sharman.

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    • London : J.C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884.
    • 1884
    • 1 Item
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    Text *Z-1119Offsite
  • Slovarʹ russkoĭ brannoĭ : A-A-︠I︡A︠I︡A / Uoller Mak-Kiengo.

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    • Kaliningrad : [s.n.], 1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text *QCK 00-3457Offsite
  • A letter from a minister to his parishioners. Shewing the ... duty incumbent on all persons to give informations to the magistrate as well against prophane swearing and cursing, as against other crimes and misdemeanors. [By J.W.?]

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    • [n.p., n.d.]
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  • A disswasive from prophane swearing and cursing, offered to such unhappy persons as are guilty of those horrid sins, and are not past counsel. [By J.W.?]

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    • [London, J. Downing, 17--?]
    • 17
  • A kind caution to prophane swearers. By a minister of the Church of England.

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    • [London, J. Downing, 1705]
    • 1705
  • Caution against profaneness, by the Hon. Judge Rush ...

    • Text
    • London, Williams & Smith [1810?]
    • 1810
  • Addresses of the Chillicothe Association for Promoting Morality and Good Order to their fellow-citizens [microform] : on profane swearing, the violation of the Sabbath, and the intemperate use of ardent spirits.

    • Text
    • Chillicothe [Ohio] : Printed by John Andrews, 1815.
    • 1815
  • Diccionari de renecs i paraulotes : execracions, blasfèmies, flastomies ... / Pere Verdaguer.

    • Text
    • Perpinyà : Llibres del Trabucaire, c1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 02-2634Offsite
  • Tolkovyĭ slovarʹ russkoĭ brani / L. Arbatskiĭ.

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    • Moskva : ︠I︡Auza, 2000.
    • 2000
    • 1 Item
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    Text Slav. Reserve 00-8104Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Bolʹshoĭ slovarʹ mata / A. Plu︠t︡ser-Sarno ; vstupitelʹnye statʹi A.D. Dulichenko i V.P. Rudneva.

    • Text
    • Sankt-Peterburg : Limbus-press, 2001-
    • 2001-present
    • 2 Items
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    Text Slav. Reserve 02-5557 Library has: T. 1. T. 1Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Pole brani : skvernoslovie kak so︠t︡sialʹna︠i︡a problema v ︠i︡azykakh i kulʹturakh mira / V.I. Zhelʹvis.

    • Text
    • Moskva : Ladomir, 2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
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    Text *QCF 02-5498Offsite
  • Vloeken : een cultuurbepaalde reactie op woede, irritatie en frustratie / P.G.J. van Sterkenburg ; met medewerking van R.P. van Sterkenburg, informaticus.

    • Text
    • Den Haag : Sdu Standaard, 2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 03-737Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The myth of gender specific swearing : a semantic and pragmatic analysis / Claudia Berger.

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    • Berlin : VWF, Verlag für Wissenschaft und Forschung, 2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 03-925Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Com a língua de fora : a obscenidade por trás de palavras insuspeitas e a história inocente de termos cabeludos / Luiz Costa Pereira Júnior.

    • Text
    • São Paulo : Editora Angra, 2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 03-16833Offsite
  • Dictionnaire des jurons / Pierre Enckell ; préface de Jacques Réda.

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    • Paris : Presses universitaires de France, c2004.
    • 2004
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 05-2641Offsite
  • Language most foul / Ruth Wajnryb.

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    • Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2004.
    • 2004
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 05-758Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Bad language : are some words better than others? / Edwin L. Battistella.

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    • New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
    • 2005
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 05-10954Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • C U next Tuesday : a good look at bad language / Ruth Wajnryb.

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    • London : Aurum, 2005.
    • 2005
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 05-13696Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Swearing in English : bad language, purity and power from 1586 to the present / Tony McEnery.

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    • London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
    • 2006
    • 1 Item

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