A Dictionary of Invective: A Treasury of Curses, Insults, Put-downs and Other Formerly Unprintable Terms from Anglo-Saxon Times to the Present

by Hugh Rawson

An anecdotal reference to the many "bad" words with which the English language is blessed. The author describes how the functions of abuse have evolved and how the conflict between taboo and freedom... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0709043996
• ISBN13: 9780709043997
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.