Swearing Is Good for You The Amazing Science of Bad Language [Hardcover]

An entertaining and often enlightening book. . . Byrnes readers are sure to come away with a fresh appreciation of language at its most foul.A poppy, comprehensive look at an often taboo topic.Shit, this book is fascinating.InEngaging and conversational. . . . Byrne provides a refreshing, entertaining, instructive examination of a surprisingly flexible part of a linguistic repertoire.Engaging and often irreverent. . . . Byrnes style is conversational [and] entertaining.Byrne crafts an enthusiastic case for bad language. . . . [Her] immensely readable first outing will be a real fucking treat.A good book about bad language by a trash-talking woman? Sign me up!An irreverent and impeccably researcheddefense of our dirtiest words.