Author

Geoffrey Hughes

6 books

Books

  1. Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English 1991
5 more
  1. Political Correctness: A History of Semantics & Culture 2009
  2. An encyclopedia of swearing 2006
  3. Words in Time: A Social History of the English Vocabulary 1988
  4. A history of English words 2000
  5. Dead Candidate's Report 2021

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