Fuck : word taboo and protecting our First Amendment liberties

Responsibility Christopher M. Fairman. Imprint Naperville, Ill. : Sphinx Pub., c2009. Physical description xxii, 250 p. ; 17 cm.

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Author/Creator Fairman, Christopher M.

Contents/Summary

• Why fuck?
• Ubiquitous fuck
• The power of taboo
• Fuck etymology
• Linguistics, psycholinguistics, and taboo
• Fuck fetish
• Fuck jurisprudence
• Them's fighting words!
• Obscenity : they know it when they see it
• "Fuck the draft" : offensive and vulgar speech
• Pacifica, a pig in the parlor, and Powell
• Profanity, Private Ryan, and a Prada purse
• Genderspeak and the workplace
• Tinker's armband, but not Cohen's coat
• Fuck in teacher speech
• Fuck forever.