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Australianisms
Author_Amanda Laugesen
Category=CBX
Category=JBCC
Censorship
Convict slang
Cultural Identity
Dialects
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Euphemisms
forthcoming
Gendered language
Indigenous language suppression
Political correctness
Profanity
Slurs
Swearing
The "Four Bs"
Tmesis
Product details
- ISBN 9781761170904
- Dimensions: 135 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2026
- Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Paperback
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Bugger, rooted, bloody oath …
What is it about Australians and swearing? We’ve got an international reputation for using bad language and letting rip with a choice swear word or two.
Bad language has been used in all sorts of ways in our history: to defy authority, as a form of liberation and subversion, and as a source of humour and creativity. It has also been used to oppress and punish. Revealing the fundamental tensions, conflicts, preoccupations and anxieties that have shaped our past and continue to shape our present, the story of bad language tells a unique history of Australia.
In Rooted, Chief Editor of the Australian National Dictionary Amanda Laugesen takes us on an engrossing journey through the tumultuous history of Australia’s bad language.
What is it about Australians and swearing? We’ve got an international reputation for using bad language and letting rip with a choice swear word or two.
Bad language has been used in all sorts of ways in our history: to defy authority, as a form of liberation and subversion, and as a source of humour and creativity. It has also been used to oppress and punish. Revealing the fundamental tensions, conflicts, preoccupations and anxieties that have shaped our past and continue to shape our present, the story of bad language tells a unique history of Australia.
In Rooted, Chief Editor of the Australian National Dictionary Amanda Laugesen takes us on an engrossing journey through the tumultuous history of Australia’s bad language.
