Jesse Sheidlower is Editor at Large of the Oxford English Dictionary. Recognized as one of the foremost authorities on obscenity in English, he has written about language for the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Slate, and Esquire, as well as American Speech and the Journal of English Linguistics.
"Sheidlower's 'The F Word' has provided inordinate delight and
distraction from my normal working day."--The New Yorker
"It wasn't so long ago that the dear old F-bomb was barely uttered
outside of private conversation, let alone written into literature
or film or television. Here to educate you on its illustrious
lineage--not to mention its present and future--is The F Word, a
handsome, concise and erudite history of the term."--Very Short
List
"Funny, yet surprisingly informative... The F Word is an
encyclopedia for all things, well, f***ed."--Entertainment
Weekly
"God bless lexicographers, you know? The F-Word is no thin bathroom
book, either, but a meticulously researched 320-page hardcover
reference tome, robust enough to sit alongside the OED." --SF
Weekly
"The F Word is a gem in its lexicographical expertise and its
scholarly explication. There will be nothing better, at least until
Jesse Sheidlower produces a fourth edition."--Jonathon Green,
editor of Chambers Slang Dictionary
"A thoroughgoing exploration of the most celebrated
verb/noun/adjective/adverb/interjection/infix in English, with
ample citations of its use over the past five and a half
centuries."--John McIntyre, You Don't Say blog
"Sheidlower's introduction undertakes a swift and no-nonsense
debunking of some common myths about the word...This is vulgarity
at its most erudite."--Inside Higher Ed
"The detailed lexicon of the word's many uses and compounds is
fascinating."--Milwaukee Shepherd Express
"Investigat[es] every possible combination, situation, and
divagation in which the most notorious expletive in English can be
found. For a word that can't be printed in most newspapers, it's
certainly leading a rich, full life." --Erin McKean, Boston
Globe
"A must for anyone interested in the most notorious of English
obscenities. This is not one of those pro forma 'revisions' that
correct a few errors, toss in a few added items, and add a new
preface; the text of the dictionary is twice as large as the second
edition, over a hundred new words and senses have been added, and
it now aims to cover the entire English-speaking world. This book
makes me proud to be a part of a civilization that could produce
such a
thing." --Stephen Dodson, The Millions
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