CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- VARIETIES OF CONTENT -- TABOOS -- LEXICOGRAPHICAL STRATEGIES -- A -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ABJURATION -- AFFIDAVIT -- ALIENS -- ALLITERATION -- AMELIORATION. -- ANATHEMA -- ANATOMICAL INSULTS -- ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD -- ANGLO-SAXON TERMS -- ANIMAL TERMS -- ASS/ARSE -- ASSEVERATION -- ATTESTATION -- AUSTRALIA -- B -- BARBARIAN -- BASTARD -- BAWDY -- BEGGAR -- BERK -- BIBLE -- BILLINGSGATE -- BITCH -- BLACKS -- BLASON POPULAIRE -- BLASPHEMY -- BLAST -- BLOODY -- BODY LANGUAGE AND GESTURE -- BODY PARTS. -- BOWDLER, DR. THOMAS -- BOWDLERIZATION -- BROADCASTING -- BUGGER -- BUM -- BURNS, ROBERT -- BYWORDS OF SWEARING -- C -- CANADA -- CANT. -- CARIBBEAN -- CATHOLICS -- CAXTON, WILLIAM -- CENSORSHIP -- CHARMS -- CHAUCER, GEOFFREY -- CHERLES TERMES -- CHILDREN, SWEARING IN -- CHINESE, THE -- CHRIST -- CINEMA -- CLASS AND SWEARING -- CLELAND, JOHN -- COCK -- COLLIER CONTROVERSY -- COMICS -- COMMUNISM -- COMSTOCKERY -- COOLIE -- COON -- COPROLALIA -- COPULATION -- COWARDICE -- CRAP -- CRIMEN INJURIA -- CUCKOLDRY -- CUNT -- CUR. -- CURSE AND CURSING -- D -- DAMN -- DEFECATION. -- DEVIL, THE -- DICKENS, CHARLES -- DICTIONARIES -- DISABILITY AND DEFORMITY -- DISEASE -- DISGUISE MECHANISMS -- DOGS -- DOZENS, THE -- DRAT -- DUNBAR, WILLIAM -- DYSPHEMISMS -- E -- ENGLISH, THE -- ETHNIC INSULTS -- ETYMOLOGIES -- EUPHEMISMS -- EXPLETIVES -- F -- FABLIAU, THE -- FANNY -- FARMER, JOHN S., AND WILLIAM E. HENLEY -- FART -- FASHION IN SWEARING -- FEMINIZATION OF OPPROBRIOUS TERMS -- FICO. -- FILM. -- FINES AND PENALTIES -- FISHWIFE -- FLEXIBILITY -- FLEXNER, STUART BERG -- FLYTING -- FOLK ETYMOLOGY -- FOREIGNERS, -- FORMAL OATHS -- FORMULAS IN SWEARING -- FORSWEARING -- FOUL LANGUAGE -- "FOUR-LETTER" WORDS -- FRENCH, THE -- FRIG, FRIGGING -- FUCK -- G -- GENDER IN SWEARING -- GENITALIA -- GERMANS -- GIT.

GOD, EUPHEMISMS FOR -- GODDAM/GODDAMN -- GOD'S WOUNDS -- GOOK -- GOON -- GORBLIMEY -- GRAFFITI -- GRAVES, ROBERT -- GROSE, CAPTAIN FRANCIS -- GRUNDY, MRS. -- H -- HATE SPEECH -- HEATHEN, INFIDEL, AND PAGAN -- HELL -- HOLLYWOOD -- HOMOSEXUALS -- HONKY -- HOTTENTOT -- HUN -- I -- ILLEGITIMACY. -- IMPACT -- IMPRECATION -- INDIA, SWEARING IN -- INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN -- INFIDEL. -- INNOVATION -- INSTABILITY OF SWEARING TERMS -- IRISH, THE -- ITALIANS -- J -- JAPANESE, THE -- JESUS -- JEWS -- JOHNSON, DR. SAMUEL -- JONSON, BEN -- JOURNALISM. -- K -- KAFFIR -- KNAVE -- L -- LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER -- LARKIN, PHILIP -- LAWRENCE, D.H. -- LAWSUITS -- LEGAL RESTRAINTS. -- LESBIANS. -- LITERATURE -- LORD -- LORD CHAMBERLAIN -- LOSS OF INTENSITY, WEAKENING, OR VERBICIDE -- LOUSY -- M -- MAHOMET/MOHAMMED -- MALEDICTA -- MALEDICTION -- MAMET, DAVID -- MASTER OF THE REVELS -- MASTURBATION -- MEDIEVAL PERIOD -- MENCKEN, H.L. -- MINCED OATHS -- MOHAMMED. -- MORALIZATION OF STATUS WORDS -- MOTHERFUCKER -- N -- NICKNAMES -- NIGGER -- NON-JURORS -- O -- OATHS OF OFFICE. -- OBSCENITY -- OLD ENGLISH. -- OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY -- OZ MAGAZINE -- P -- PAGAN. -- PARTRIDGE, ERIC -- PENIS. -- PERJURY -- PHONETIC PATTERNS -- PIDGIN ENGLISH -- PISS -- POLICE -- POLITICAL CORRECTNESS -- POLITICAL NAMES -- POM, POMMY -- POPULAR CULTURE -- PORNOGRAPHY -- POVERTY -- PRAT -- PRESS, THE -- PROFANITY -- PROMISCUITY -- PROSTITUTES -- PSYCHOLOGY OF SWEARING AND FOUL LANGUAGE -- PUNK -- PYGMALION -- Q -- QUAKERS AND SHAKERS -- QUEAN AND QUEEN -- QUEER -- R -- RABELAIS, FRANÇOIS -- RACIAL INSULTS. -- RADIO. -- RAP -- RASCAL -- RECANTATION -- RECLAMATION OF OPPROBRIOUS TERMS -- RED -- REFORMATION, THE -- REGISTER -- RELIGIOUS OATHS -- RENAISSANCE, THE -- RENEGADE -- RESTORATION, THE -- RHYME -- RHYMING SLANG -- RHYTHM -- RIDDLES -- ROARER -- ROCHESTER, EARL OF -- ROGUE.

RUDE WORDS, SEMANTIC FIELD OF -- RUFFLERS -- S -- SAINTS' NAMES -- SAMBO -- SCATOLOGY -- SCOLD -- SCOTS -- SEMANTIC CHANGES AND TRENDS -- SEXUAL SWEARING. -- SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM -- SHIT WORDS -- "SHOCK JOCKS" -- SHREW -- SLANG -- SODOMY. -- SOLDIERS AND SAILORS -- SON OF A BITCH -- SOUNDING. -- SOUTH AFRICA -- SPELLS -- SPORTS -- STEREOTYPES. -- STERNE, LAURENCE -- STUPIDITY -- SWIFT, JONATHAN -- SYPHILIS -- T -- TABOO -- TELEVISION. -- THOU -- TREACHERY -- TURD -- TWAIN, MARK -- TWAT -- TYNAN, KENNETH -- TOK PISIN. -- U -- "U" AND "NON-U" -- UNCLE TOM -- UNPARLIAMENTARY LANGUAGE -- URINATION. -- V -- VICTORIAN AGE -- VILLAIN -- VIRAGO -- W -- WAR -- WEBSTER AND HIS DICTIONARIES -- WELSH -- WHITEHOUSE, MRS. MARY -- WHORE AND WHORESON -- WITCH -- WOG -- WOMEN, STEREOTYPES OF -- WOMEN, SWEARING IN -- WORD-FIELD OF SWEARING -- WORD MAGIC -- WORD OF HONOR -- WRETCH -- XYZ -- XENOPHOBIA -- YANKEE -- ZOUNDS.