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

**Author(s):** John McWhorter
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/nine-nasty-words-english-in-the-gutter/verdict.json
**Genres:** history
**Publisher:** Penguin Publishing Group
**Published:** Sun Jan 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780593421383
**ISBN-10:** 0593421388
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/nine-nasty-words-english-in-the-gutter

## Description

"A linguist examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power (and why we love them so much)"--

## SageChimp reader verdict

Nine Nasty Words : English in the Gutter has no unpaid published reviews on SageChimp yet. That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/nine-nasty-words-english-in-the-gutter/verdict.json

*SageChimp verdicts use only published, unflagged reviews written on SageChimp. Organic reviews exclude ARC/incentivized copies (isArcReview). Catalog star averages on other sites are not used. A verdict requires at least 5 organic reviews. We cannot audit Amazon, BookTok, or Goodreads review authenticity.*