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You Can Tell A Lot About A Person Based on Their Slang for Vomit, Money or Semen
You don’t need a charm school tutorial to know that, in polite society, bodily fluids and money matters are off limits. But the way all of us unsophisticated yokels get around this directive is to talk in code about it amongst ourselves. By Seth Graves.
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Take a butcher’s at this: a new history of slang
"Vulgar Tongues: an Alternative History of English Slang" gathers material from a mind-boggling range of sources – but still leaves you wanting more. By Lynne Truss.