Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language

296 Index
disease 1, 22, 41, 62, 71, 77, 78, 82,
102, 109, 129, 146, 148, 154, 164, 171,
175, 182, 183, 197, 200, 203–13,
216–21, 223, 234, 235–7, 239, 250,
251, 261, 272
dispreferred 32, 35, 48, 96, 238, 239, 257
distance 77, 133, 135–9, 141, 143, 162, 250
distaste 31, 105, 124, 162, 199, 234, 237,
240, 252
distortion 128, 138, 180, 201; see also
remodelling
Dixon 264
doublethink 53, 119, 184, 266
Douglas 9, 123, 127, 153, 178, 252, 255, 264,
269, 271, 273, 276
dozens, play the 85, 87, 157, 252
Dracula 22
Dryden 117
Durkheim 270
Dutch 43, 65, 69, 82, 164, 168, 169, 189, 207,
209, 238, 269
Dyirbal 266
Dylan, Bob 47, 130, 194
dysphemism 1, 2, 29, 31–7, 39–46, 48–55, 59,
60, 65, 68, 72, 74–84, 89, 97–100, 110, 111,
131, 132, 134, 135, 138, 140–3, 147, 148,
151, 156, 160, 167, 170, 198, 207, 209,
215–17, 227, 228, 230, 238–41, 243,
267, 271
dysphemistic euphemism 39, 40, 54, 147,
167, 170
Eagleson 262
effluvium 1, 27, 41, 80, 85, 89, 102, 125, 144,
145, 161–5, 171–4, 199, 202, 204, 217, 237,
243, 251, 266
Egyptians 126, 223
Ehrlich 269
Elizabeth I 14, 15, 255
Ellis 269
Ellman 190
Ellmann 153, 154
Emerson 30
Emrich 119
Encarta 26, 35, 109
Enright 168, 270
Ephesians (Bible) 160
Ernst 19, 256
Ernster 167, 258, 270
Ervin-Tripp 266
Esquivel 190
etiquette 2, 11, 40, 94, 100, 111, 186, 187,
237, 241
etymology 42, 67, 69, 101, 103, 104, 117, 147,
168, 181, 187, 242, 269, 270, 273
euphemism 1, 2, 15, 29, 31–5, 37–43, 47,
49–51, 53–5, 61, 62, 72–8, 81, 82, 88, 93,
95–100, 105, 106, 110, 111, 127, 134, 136,
146, 147, 150, 151, 153–6, 160, 163–5,
167–70, 172, 180, 182, 183, 185, 188, 194,
201–4, 206–8, 211, 214, 215, 217, 218, 220,
221, 223–32, 234, 235, 237–45, 258, 260,
262, 266, 268
euphemistic dysphemism 39, 54, 72, 76, 77,
81, 241
euthanasia 233, 234
execution 5, 10, 17, 18, 20, 22, 171, 227,
231, 267
Exodus (Bible) 5, 10
expletive 16, 37, 77, 80, 107, 108, 249, 252
face 30, 32, 33, 39, 53, 76, 77, 97, 110, 111,
133–5, 138, 139, 141, 151, 238, 250, 257
faeces 1, 2, 29, 32, 40, 41, 47, 54, 67, 75, 81,
161, 171–3; see also defecation and shit
Farb 46, 258
Farmer 274
Farro 263
Fasold 264
fellatio 81, 150, 159, 196, 242
Fernándes-Armesto 175, 176, 270, 272
Field 273
Fielding 15, 30, 33, 255
Fifi?i 211, 264
figurative 2, 33, 67, 79, 81, 82, 144, 148, 152,
166, 169, 170, 174, 233, 234, 250
Finch 57, 259
Fish 22
fish, fisherman, fishing 1, 6, 39, 65, 74, 147,
157, 177, 180–2, 184, 185, 193, 195, 228,
229, 239, 260, 268, 269
Fisher, A. 255
Fisher, M. 216
Fitter 268
Flaubert 256, 257
Fletcher 16
flippancy 39, 40, 99, 102, 204, 217, 228, 240
Florey 264
flower(s) 35, 48, 130, 152, 163, 167–9, 191,
194, 241, 265, 269
flyting 85, 157, 252
Folb 84
food 1, 4, 6, 9, 41, 80, 123, 157, 161, 165, 172,
175–96, 199–201, 237, 250, 270, 271
forbidden 2, 3, 6, 12, 24, 104, 110, 147, 154,
164, 165, 177, 184, 201, 210, 237, 239, 242,
244, 246, 248, 250, 252, 253, 254, 257
Ford 266
Forestus 148
Frantz 34