Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language

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Spain, Spanish 52, 132, 136, 137, 187, 206,
207, 248, 267, 275
Spanish Inquisition 5, 19
speaker 15, 16, 30, 31, 32, 33, 39, 42, 45, 46,
49, 54, 67, 69, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 81, 87,
88, 90, 92, 93, 96, 98, 102, 104, 110–13,
115, 118, 120, 122–5, 128, 133–43, 157,
159, 167, 177, 180–2, 203, 219, 223,
238–46, 248, 250, 265, 267, 275
Spender 165
spit 6, 41, 129, 151, 161, 163, 260
squaw 83, 131, 265
St Augustine 173
St Bernard 172
St Paul 23, 152, 160, 256
standard, standards 8, 36, 37, 65, 66, 69, 72,
74, 88, 108, 112, 114, 115, 117–24, 143,
148, 188, 233, 250, 252, 257, 263, 264
standard language 69, 74, 112, 114, 115, 118,
120, 121, 124
Steiner 4, 7, 254
Stengers 266
Stephenson 273
Stern 87
Stewart 268
Stockwell 264
Stoddart 197
Stonewall 156, 268
Strom 258
strong language 2, 42–4, 54
style 9, 29, 48, 51, 55, 64, 65, 72, 75, 77, 79,
88, 97, 101, 114, 116, 120, 125, 131, 133,
135, 137–41, 143, 181, 191, 240,
250, 265
subversive 13, 18, 20, 27, 28, 93, 238, 257
suicide 126, 145, 153, 227, 233, 234, 254, 269
superstition 127, 161, 183, 201, 203–5, 212,
220, 221
suppression 13, 14, 19, 20, 24, 46, 88, 224,
244, 247, 249
Süskind 199, 272
Sutton-Smith 260
Swahili 40
swearing 12, 24, 31, 37, 39, 55, 69, 74–8, 81,
87–9, 93, 106, 108, 139, 237, 240, 241, 248,
259, 261, 262
sweat 1, 41, 132, 163, 192, 198, 217, 272
Swift 61, 115, 117, 134, 251, 276
Sydenham 148
syphilis 62, 71, 109, 164, 171, 204, 206–8,
216, 217, 272
Taavitsainen 265
taboo 1–12, 24, 27–9, 31–3, 35, 39–46, 48,
52, 53–5, 62, 67, 79, 80, 84, 85, 87–90,
97, 99, 100, 102, 105–13, 122–8, 131,
134, 140, 143–5, 148, 150, 157, 161–6,
168, 171–5, 177–9, 183, 184, 187,
197–204, 206, 207, 213, 219, 220, 222,
223, 228, 229, 234, 235, 237–9, 241–52,
261, 266, 275
Tacitus 23, 257
Tahiti(an) 3, 4, 10. 207
Tamil 136
Tannahill 271
Tebbit 122
terrorism 50, 51, 67, 106, 134, 187, 223, 230,
233, 238, 251
testicles 73, 75, 181–3, 193, 194, 196, 239
Thai 46, 51, 82, 242, 243
Thessalonians (Bible) 19, 256
Tieken-Boon van Ostade 264
Titus (Bible) 256
Tiwi 127
Todd 166
Tohono O’odham 49, 143
Tom Jones 15, 30, 33, 190
Tonga(n) 2, 4
Toolan 257
Tourette’s Syndrome, TS 45, 247–9, 275
transsexual 130, 144, 153, 156, 268
Traugott 266
Trudgill 260, 263
Truss 263
Turner 254
Twain 77
twat 52, 85
Ukrainian 39, 228
unclean 5, 6, 41, 147, 152, 163–6, 171, 216
Urdang 121
urine, urinate 16, 22, 35, 49, 62, 64, 73, 81,
146, 161, 163, 171–3, 188
vagina 7, 21, 32, 46, 52, 73, 75, 81, 131, 145,
148, 151, 157–9, 164, 166, 169, 194–6, 199,
242, 243, 260, 268, 269
Valenstein 258
Valentine’s Day 196, 197, 201, 272
Van Lancker 255, 275
veneral disease, VD 77, 207, 210, 211, 267
verbal hygiene 71, 112, 113, 120, 123, 263;
see also purism
vibrator 37, 38, 86, 149, 150
Vining 157
violation 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 19, 27, 53, 80, 84,
105, 111, 118, 124, 126–9, 146, 159, 237,
238, 252, 259
virginity 22, 24, 168, 169, 209
Visser 187