Best of Maledicta: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression

By Reinhold Aman

Book Overview

An investigation of verbal abuse from around the world, including slang terminology, insults, vulgarities, slurs, curses, and other offensive words expressions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894714996
• ISBN13: 9780894714993
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Running Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

vulgar & fascinating

A journal about bad language sounds like an exercise for teenage boys, at first, but this book proves otherwise. It's all about profanity in English and other languages, and it's fascinating stuff -- an interesting mirror on human nature. It makes the language come alive. Maledicta, "the journal of verbal aggression", is a small journal edited by Reinhold Aman. You can read about Maledicta and Aman via google and Wikipedia. If you've ever wondered why our curses are phrased the way they are, read this book.