title: Watch Your F*cking Language: How to swear effectively, explained in explicit detail and enhanced by numerous examples taken from everyday life
author:  Sterling Johnson 
description: One of those rare smart and funny books. Penn Jillette
zlib_text: _Praise for_
  
  NINE NASTY WORDS
  
  “A lively and informative study, not to mention wonderful cocktail party
  material.”
  
  — _Kirkus Reviews_
  
  “Erudite and entertaining, McWhorter shows us foul language in its wonderful,
  fertile variety. We see how speech taboos that once applied to religion and
  the body now apply to groups of people—and why there should be such power (and
  pleasure) in transgressing them.”
  
  —Aaron James, _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Assholes: A Theory_
  
  “A bawdy, bodacious, and brilliant excursion through the wonderful world of
  profanity, filled with delicious tidbits (who knew that Edna St. Vincent
  Millay practiced slinging the sh*t while darning?) and linguistic amuse-
  bouches. In other words, it’s a f***ing great read.”
  
  —Ross and Kathryn Petras, _New York Times_ bestselling authors of _You’re
  Saying It Wrong_
  
  “Effing delightful. A treat for every adult who used to look up swears in the
  dictionary (or still does).”
  
  —June Casagrande, bestselling author of _It 