Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language

Index 301
Read, A. 42, 258
Read, C. 274
Reagan 100, 221, 230, 232, 273, 274
red herring 180, 182, 188, 201
Reinsich 151
religion, religious 4, 12, 14–16, 18, 25, 26,
33, 38, 63, 69, 76, 78, 79, 84, 88, 105, 106,
108–10, 126, 131, 133, 135, 140, 143, 145,
148, 155, 160, 179, 187, 189, 201, 203, 213,
217, 224, 226, 234, 235, 237, 239, 248, 249,
251, 252, 254, 256
remodelling 15, 16, 39, 88, 168; see also
distortion
rhyming slang 39, 73, 74, 103, 108, 204,
260, 263
Richards, E. 228
Richards, P. 272
Richardson 190
Risch 89
rite(s) 9, 127, 132, 140, 143, 167, 176,
208, 252
ritual 4, 6, 7, 9, 21, 27, 30, 53, 65, 85–9, 97,
124, 127, 157, 175, 178, 187, 188, 205, 208,
212, 252, 261
Rochester 151, 152, 169
Rogers 181
Roman Catholic 4, 14, 17, 23, 148, 157,
189, 225
Romans (Bible) 152, 267
Rosten 258
Roth 267
Russia(n) 50, 166, 189, 207
sacred, sacrosanct 1, 7, 17, 27, 75, 105, 165,
175, 177,
sacrifice 3, 10, 21, 128, 187, 205, 226, 228,
sacrilegious 255
Sade, Comte de 20–3, 256
saint(s) 131, 139, 205, 206, 208, 272
Samoa 7
sanction 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 15, 78, 96, 100,
102, 105, 126, 145, 211, 231, 232, 235,
237–9, 252
Sanders, A. 265
Sanders, S. 151, 267
sanitizing 25, 26, 111, 184
SARS 14
Satan 5, 7, 257
Saussure 59, 259
Scellinck 208, 210
Schwarz 269
Scollon 257
Scutt 263
Seaberg 271
Seagle 19, 256
semen 41, 146, 148, 161, 163, 165, 168,
172, 196
Serrano 16, 255, 256
sex 1, 5, 10, 20, 25–7, 31, 34–6, 41, 42, 54,
77–9, 85, 100, 107, 110, 130, 140, 144–7,
150, 151, 153, 155, 157, 158, 161, 162, 166,
173–5, 179, 188, 190–4, 196, 198, 200,
202, 209, 223, 237, 239, 241, 243, 256,
264, 266, 269,
Sex Pistols 27, 145
sexual 1, 7, 19, 20–4, 26, 38, 40–1, 71, 78,
79–81, 85, 87, 89, 100, 105, 106, 108,
109, 141, 144, 145, 147–50, 157–62, 164–7,
170, 173, 179, 188, 190, 192–4, 196, 198,
201, 202, 206, 208, 210, 217, 218, 229, 239,
243–5, 249, 250, 256, 257, 260, 269, 272
sexuality 44, 70, 79, 81, 82, 86, 94, 96, 99,
105, 108, 130, 144,145, 150, 152–6,158,173,
210, 217, 218, 229, 242, 252, 262, 267, 268
Shakespeare 2, 17, 24, 25, 42, 46, 47, 71, 77,
109, 117, 131, 132, 206, 222, 241, 253, 257,
260, 272–4
Sharia 5
Shattuck 22, 256
Shaw 51
Shem 148
shit 29, 32, 34, 39–41, 43, 47, 52, 54, 67, 70,
71, 72, 75, 76–8, 80–3, 86, 88, 89, 99, 107,
108, 162, 163, 179, 238, 242, 248, 260; see
also defecation and faeces
sickness 6, 41, 51, 70, 94, 127, 128, 131, 143,
164, 167, 175, 203–6, 209, 212, 215, 216,
218, 223, 235
Sid Vicious 49, 131
Silver 96, 269
Simons 127, 264, 266, 269, 273, 274
slang 1, 31, 39, 46, 55, 62, 68–74, 79, 81,
87–9, 100, 103, 104, 108, 113, 139, 147,
155, 157, 160, 183, 189, 194, 195, 204, 216,
237, 250, 259, 260, 263, 272
Sloane 191
slur 11, 84, 100, 107, 108, 160, 189, 201, 247,
248, 250, 261
SMD (sex-micturition-defecation) 41, 44, 81,
89, 107, 108, 144, 161, 162, 173
smell 79, 86, 87, 157, 166, 172, 173,
175, 180, 190, 193, 194, 197–202,
241, 250, 268, 270
Smith, J. 259
Smith, N. 275
snot 1, 41, 163
sodomy 20, 21, 153, 158, 267
solidarity 49, 58, 70, 77, 84, 87, 89, 122, 136,
155, 156, 252
Sontag 261, 273