Taboos and their origins -- Sweet talking and offensive language -- Bad language? : jargon, slang, swearing, and insult -- The language of political correctness -- Linguistic purism and verbal hygiene -- Taboo, naming and addressing -- Sex and bodily effluvia -- Food and smell -- Disease, death and killing -- Taboo, censoring and the human brain
Summary
Examines how we use language to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index
