Nine Nasty Words English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever

My most recent two books were Nine Nasty Words about profanity and Woke Racism about race and cultural issues.

One thing that it's important to realize with cursing and profanity is that it isn't words in the sense that ironing board or yesterday or therefore are words. Profanity, when you're talking about real profanity, real cursing, is eruptions.

The name of the book is Nine Nasty Words, he's a thinker.

Nine nasty words was written long before the racial reckoning of last summer. And I was just trying to be jolly linguist.

Nine nasty words was written out of joy.

John McWhorter's most recent book...is actually about swearing. It's called Nine Nasty Words English in the Gutter, Then Now and Forever.

He describes essentially three historical eras of what swear words were about.