Two New "Obscenities": The Acceptability of Taboo Words in the Media

Two New "Obscenities": The Acceptability of Taboo Words in the Media

Two newly compounded nouns based on traditionally censored obscenities, "sport-fuck" and various words formed through the expansion of the meaning of "to stunt", are discussed.

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Veröffentlicht in:American speech 1994-07, Vol.69 (2), p.220-224
1. Verfasser: Slotkin, Alan R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Dictionaries
English language
Film criticism
Growth retardation
Linguistics
Men
Miscellany
Nouns
Obscenity
Pornography & obscenity
Slang
Stunts
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Zusammenfassung:Two newly compounded nouns based on traditionally censored obscenities, "sport-fuck" and various words formed through the expansion of the meaning of "to stunt", are discussed.
ISSN:0003-1283
1527-2133
DOI:10.2307/455708