Maledicta

*Maledicta*
Publication details

Abbreviated title (ISO 4)	Maledicta
Discipline	Linguistics, profanity
Language	English
Edited by	Reinhold Aman
Publisher	Reinhold Aman
Publication history	1977–2005
Indexing
ISSN	0363-3659
LCCN	77649633
OCLC no.	3188018
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Journal homepage

Maledicta, The International Journal of Verbal Aggression, was an academic journal dedicated to the study of offensive and negatively valued words and expressions, also known as maledictology. Its main areas of interest are the origin, etymology, meaning, use, and influence of vulgar, obscene, aggressive, abusive, and blasphemous language. It was published from 1977 until 2005. The publisher, founder, and editor-in-chief was Reinhold Aman.

External links

Official website

Profanity

By language	Armenian Cantonese Dutch Esperanto Finnish German Hokkien Italian Korean Latin Mandarin Chinese Norwegian Portuguese American Sign Language Quebec French Romanian Russian Sinhala Spanish Swedish English-language euphemisms for profanities List of ethnic slurs

Devices	Bleep censor Broadcast delay Expletive deleted Grawlix Swear jar Wordfilter

Other	Expletive attributive Expletive infixation Hypoalgesic effect of swearing Maledicta Maledictology Minced oath Pardon my French Profane Swearing Act 1694 Profanity in science fiction Seven dirty words

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