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A growing collection of classic resources on sweariness.
Language Log archive on taboo vocabulary
The Science of Swearing, by Timothy Jay and Kristin Janschewitz
The case for profanity in print, by Jesse Sheidlower
On the origin of fuck, by Kate Wiles (+ part 2)
On the syntax of fuck, by Gretchen McCulloch
A brief bibliography of -ass as a colloquial intensifier
Arnold Zwicky’s blog posts on taboo language and slurs
Jonathon Green’s articles on slang at The Dabbler
All Things Linguistic posts on swearing
Grawlixes past and present, collected by Gwillim Law
Obscenicons a century ago, by Ben Zimmer (+ an update)
Adventures in Expletives, by Mark Peters
Website for Maledicta: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression
(published by Reinhold Aman, 1977-2005)
Forbidden Latin Language
Neal Whitman’s “Potty on, dudes!” archive
The meanings and origins of feck
A cultural history of cunt
The psychology of swearing, by Jessica Love
The Neuroscience of Swearing, by Steven Pinker
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