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Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing Melissa Mohr
Publisher: Oxford University Press

May 7, 2013 - The publication of The Selected Letters of Willa Cather, edited by Andrew Jewel and Janis Stout, could give writers something to think about. It's a weekly miracle that my essays don't include “totally fucked” or “fucked up and bullshit” in every paragraph. Feb 11, 2014 - Melissa Mohr documents in her book Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing that the profanity first appeared in 1528. That's one of many surprising, foul-mouthed facts Melissa Mohr reveals in her new book, Holy S- – -: A Brief History of Swearing. $99; A History of Psycholinguistics: The Pre-Chomskyan Era Levelt, Willem J.M.. May 13, 2013 - Back then, the “s” word was just the everyday word that was used to refer to excrement. Mohr is the author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing. Jun 26, 2013 - I love swearing. If I were reborn as a linguist, I would study swearing and cursing. I watch documentaries about cursing, I play a lot of Cards Against Humanity, and this interview with Melissa Mohr, the author of Holy Shit: A Brief History of Swearing is my favorite episode of Slate's just-nerdy-enough podcast Lexicon Valley.