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  title info:
    title: For f*ck's sake
    sub title: why swearing is shocking, rude, and fun
  title info:
    title: For fuck's sake
  title info:
    title: Why swearing is shocking, rude, and fun
  name:
    name part: Roache, Rebecca
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (ix, 257 pages)
  abstract: "Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language. When someone swears at you, it can sting. Likewise, sometimes there is no better way to make the point you're making-emphasize, insult, or just plain offend-than to use a swear. What explains the magical power of swearwords? Why are they so good at offending people? To understand swearwords' power, we need to look beyond the words themselves-beyond the way they sound and what they refer to-and consider more generally what we do when we swear. In this lively and amusing exploration of the various puzzles that surround swearing, philosopher Rebecca Roache argues that what makes swearing offensive is not really the words at all: the offensiveness lies in what we don't say. The unspoken-and usually unconscious-inferences that speakers and listeners make about each other are key to explaining swearwords' capacity to shock. Swearing is unique among etiquette breaches in that it is designed to convey disrespect-swearing packs more of a punch than failing to say "please". Roache helps readers understand how swearing works, celebrating its power as a communicative tool and source of humour while also taking a close and serious look at specific words-those directed at women and women's bodies, for example-that function in particular, complex ways. She also examines the often-hypocritical ways swearing can be punished or censored. Along the way, she clears up a few puzzles, including why people are more tolerant of f*** than of fuck, and why quoted swearing is less offensive than unquoted swearing. Finally, Roache helps readers appreciate that swearing isn't always bad. When it's not used offensively, it can foster social intimacy, can help people withstand pain, and might even help us curb our violent impulses. Even the offensiveness of swearing is valuable. Being able to cause o…
  table of contents: What is swearing? -- Swearing's secret offensive ingredient -- There is no secret ingredient -- Different kinds of wrong -- Taboo, aggression, and harsh sweary sounds -- How to be a really offensive swearer -- You talkin' to me? -- A regulatory fucking mess -- How to do things with swearing -- Fairer swearers -- Swears versus slurs -- Cunt and cocksucker -- Cunt and 'cunt' -- How the f*** do asterisks work? -- Swearing as a force for good -- The value of offensiveness -- Conclusion : you're all fucking superheroes.
  note: Rebecca Roache.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Swearing
  subject:
    topic: Jurons
  subject:
    topic: Swearing
  subject:
    topic: Sociolinguistics
  subject:
    topic: Linguistics
  subject:
    topic: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
  subject:
    topic: Language
  subject:
    topic: PHILOSOPHY
  subject:
    topic: Cultural studies: customs & traditions
  subject:
    topic: Customs and Folklore
  classification: GT3080 .R65 2024
  classification: 394
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    title info:
      title: For f*ck's sake
    name:
      name part: Roache, Rebecca.
    origin info:
      publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
    identifier: (DLC) 2023023399
    identifier: (OCoLC)1384448295
  identifier: 9780190665074
  identifier: 0190665076
  identifier: 0190665084
  identifier: 9780197693896
  identifier: 019769389X
  identifier: 9780190665081
  identifier: 9780190665067
  identifier: 2023023400
  identifier: BAAD83C5-A992-4849-926A-6B1AD69E290A OverDrive, Inc.
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  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 230530
    record change date: 20260318165736.3
    record identifier: in00005698596
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng