books.google.co.uk - Although the act of swearing, or cursing, has today been reduced to the four-letter interjection and unimaginative put-down, this has not always been the case. Elegant, sublime oaths and vicious imprecations mark the history of human conduct and language. Shedding light on the forbidden, misunderstood,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_anatomy_of_swearing.html?id=QERsPn0nN-YC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe anatomy of swearing