Aesthetics: Language Profanity
Description
Any time a character uses profanity. JB
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Aaahhhhhhh
- Abundance or flow of words
- Ah Ah Ah
- ah ah ah
- Ah-Ah-Ah
- Ah-h-h
- All right, all right, all right
- Anaphora
- Antimetabole
- Archaic
- Baby talk
- Biblical
- Call and response
- Contemporary slang
- eeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- Ellipsis
- Foreign accent / dialect
- Foreign language
- Fragments
- French
- German
- Grammatically incorrect
- Grandiloquence
- Ha ha ha
- Hah
- Haw haw
- Haw haw haw
- Hee hee hee
- Heh heh heh
- Hooooooooo
- Hymn
- Indian
- Interjection
- Italian
- Latin phrase
- Legal definitions
- Misspelling
- new item
- no no
- Oh Oh Oh Oh
- Satire
- Shhhh
- Slang, military
- snicksnicksnick...
- Spanish
- WhoOoooo
- WhoOooooooooooooooo
- Yah-yah-yah
- yes Yes Yes yes
- YIPPPEEE
Tagged Events
Cultural Issues: Age›Agelessness
Themes and Motifs: Meaning›Misinterpretation
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom
Actions: Emotional›Introspective | Emotional›Shame
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Cosmetics | Recurring Tropes›Dark house | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Cultural Issues: Violence›Shooting | War›Glorification | War›Violence against civilians
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation | Slavery›Loyalty
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity
Environment: Domestic Space›Field | Time of Day›Morning
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Grief | Physical›Restraining | Physical›Running | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: War›Casualties of war | War›Homefront
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Parents-children
Environment: Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Christmas
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Family history | Verbal›Yelling
Cultural Issues: Religion›Sacrilege | Ritual›Christmas gift game
Themes and Motifs: Money›Nickel coin
Relationships: Familial›Extended family | Interracial›Mammy-child
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Profanity
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Marital›Elopement | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›July
Actions: Communication›Telegraph | Economic›Asking for money | Physical›Meddling
Cultural Issues: Economy›Oil business | Law›Wedding license
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Familial›Husband-wife | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Language›Profanity
Cultural Issues: Food›As substitute
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Of loved one | Absence/Loss›Substitute | Animals›Cows | Futility›Illusion of success or victory | Objects›Toys | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother
Actions: Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues: Crime›Theft|Robbery | Sexuality›Desire
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Drunkenness | War›Aerial combat
Themes and Motifs: Character›Fool|Foolishness | Values›Determination
Environment: Domestic Space›House | Domestic Space›Stable | Natural›Moon | Time of Day›Night
Environment: Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions: Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Relationships: Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Environment: Domestic Space›Hall | Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Bodily›Vomiting | Emotional›Outrage | Movement›Car | Movement›Running | Physical›Pursuit | Physical›Pushing away | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Shouting | Violent›Castration | Violent›Hitting | Violent›Killing | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Race›White race | Violence›Castration | Violence›Lynching | Violence›Shooting
Actions: Communication›Swearing | Interaction, Social›Civic discussion | Verbal›Cursing | Work›Postal worker
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Uniform | Economy›Economic speculation
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Communication›And deafness | Communication›Writing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Requesting
Themes and Motifs: Philosophical›Human experience | Values›Propriety
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple
Environment: Natural›Sea / Ocean
Cultural Issues: Religion›Revelation | War›World War I | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs: Supernatural›Vision
Environment: Domestic Space›House
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injured | Violence›Ambush
Environment: Domestic Space›Bathroom | Domestic Space›Bedroom
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Sunday clothes | Education›Informal | Progress›Infrastructure
Aesthetics: Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Domestic Space›Dining room
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Olfactory›Food | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Hysteria | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Play›Gambling | Verbal›Arguing | Verbal›Banishment | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Insulting
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Gamecock | Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Kitchen
Actions: Communication›Telephone | Moral›Scheming | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Gender›Femininity | Gender›Marriage
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Car | Objects›Gold tooth
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Backyard | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Place›Brothel / Bordello | Place›Saloon | Public›Sidewalk | Time of Day›Night | Time of Year›Sunday
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Olfactory›Alcohol | Place›Brothel / Bordello
Actions: Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Teetotaling | Clothes›Immodest female clothing | Politics›Republican | Religion›Chistian Scientist | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Commercial›Employer-employee
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Midnight
Cultural Issues: Crime›Commercial sexual exploitation
Aesthetics: Diction›Racist term | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Actions: Moral›Blackmail | Perceptual›Surveillance
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Environment: Time of Day›Midnight
Actions: Emotional›Amazement | Verbal›Storytelling
Environment: Domestic Space›Attic | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Bleeding | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Respect | Perceptual›Voyeurism | Violent›Fighting | Violent›Stabbing
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Aesthetics: Language›French | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Bodily›Crying | Emotional›Defiance | Moral›Reform | Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Whispering
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution | Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Actions: Economic›Bargaining | Verbal›Cursing
Cultural Issues: Gender›Sexual Harassment | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Racist child
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Relationships: Hierarchical›Elder-younger
Environment: Domestic Space›Pasture
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Husbandry | Education›Informal
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance
Actions: Emotional›Love | Emotional›Repentance | Moral›Reform | Perceptual›Eavesdropping
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Labor›Prostitution | Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Wedding ring | Values›Virtue
Relationships: Romantic›Courtship | Sexual›Prostitute-Client
Environment: Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Supper
Cultural Issues: Labor›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Domestic Space›Bedroom | Place›Hotel | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Socks | Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Naming›Alias | Recurring Tropes›Sleeping in same bed
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Ladies parlor | Time of Day›Morning
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Alias | Values›Refinement
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child
Environment: Domestic Space›Paddock
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Animals›Horses | Objects›Gold tooth
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Legal›Locking up | Movement›Car | Violent›Destructive behavior
Cultural Issues: Law›Abuse of office
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Monteagle, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Environment: Domestic Space›Office | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Hardwick, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Themes and Motifs: Death›Response to
Relationships: Familial›Grandparent-grandchild
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Whiskey | Education›Illiteracy
Environment: Domestic Space›Cabin | Domestic Space›Gallery
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Economy›Tenantry|Share-cropping | Race›Hierarchical | Slavery›Traditions
Aesthetics: Description›Landscape | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Rural vernacular | Figures of Speech›Simile | Genre Conventions›Comedy | Language›Hee hee hee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Anticipation | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Second-person directed
Environment: Public›Road | Time of Day›Evening
Cultural Issues: Progress›Building structure | Progress›Frontier to civilization | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Segregation
Actions: Communication›Telegraph
Aesthetics: Description›Character portrait | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Domestic Space›Fireplace|Mantel
Actions: Bodily›Smoking | Economic›Bargaining | Economic›Bribing | Economic›Gifting | Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Economic›Lending Money | Economic›Offering to buy | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Defiance | Emotional›Hurting | Emotional›Jealousy | Interaction, Private›Rivalry | Interaction, Private›Seeking approval | Interaction, Social›Concealment | Interaction, Social›Confrontation | Interaction, Social›Marriage | Interaction, Social›Shaking hands | Mental›Fantasizing | Mental›Learning | Moral›Cheating | Moral›Entrapment / trapping | Physical›Intrusion | Physical›Travel | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Flattery | Verbal›Interruption | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Refusing | Verbal›Requesting | Verbal›Revealing | Verbal›Threat | Violent›Fighting | Work›Banking
Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Gentility | Class›Respectability | Education›College or school traditions | Education›Harvard | Education›Life after graduation | Education›School year | Gender›Masculinity | Gender›Widow | Health and Illness›Unspecified sickness | Mass Media›Newspaper comics / funny paper | Sexuality›Conception/Conceiving a child | Sexuality›Extra-marital | Sexuality›Premarital | Sexuality›Virginity
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Pretending / Feigning | Character›Bookishness | Character›Honesty | Character›Integrity | Memory›Remembering | Money›As motive | Money›Bill | Morals›Chivalry | Morals›Honor | Objects›Cigar | Philosophical›Luck | Recurring Tropes›Secret | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow | Values›Devotion | Values›Honor | Values›Love | Values›Truth/Lies
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister | Marital›Forced | Romantic›Fiance | Sexual›Extramarital | Social›Adversarial | Social›Fellow alumni of a college or university
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›French Lick, Indiana | Allusion, Geographical›Harvard University | Allusion, Geographical›Havana, Cuba | Allusion, Literary›Galahad | Diction›Double entendre | Figures of Speech›Drama / Theatre imagery | Figures of Speech›Parrot | Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Style›Unfinished sentence | Symbolism›Sexual symbol | Symbolism›Theatrical | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Domestic Space›Hogwallow | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Actions: Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Caring | Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Longing | Emotional›Self-consciousness | Emotional›Shame | Interaction, Private›Domineering | Perceptual›Sweetness | Perceptual›Tasting | Physical›Embrace / hugging | Physical›Touching | Physical›Turning away | Verbal›Conversation | Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Dirty | Clothes›Underclothes, female | Gender›Female body | Sexuality›Desire | Sexuality›Sensuality
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Dirty | Body›Face | Body›Fingers | Body›Legs | Body›Lips | Chaos/Order›Disorder | Memory›Remembering | Psychological›Obsession
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Language›Fragments | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Narrative›Stream of consciousness narration | Symbolism›Archetype | Symbolism›Freudian | Typography/Orthography›Dialogue with no quotation marks | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Lack of Punctuation
Environment: Atmospheric›Wetness | Natural›Mud | Olfactory›Hog / pig pen | Weather›Rain
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Stove
Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister
Environment: Domestic Space›Chicken coop / hen house | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy
Actions: Communication›Letter | Emotional›Horror | Emotional›Indignation | Emotional›Outrage | Interaction, Private›Strangers in a public place | Interaction, Social›Picnic | Legal›Arrest | Legal›Obstructing justice / law enforcement officer | Movement›Procession | Physical›Climbing | Verbal›Questioning | Violent›Beating | Violent›Kidnapping | Violent›Whipping
Cultural Issues: Class›Gentility | Clothes›Flannel | Clothes›Hat | Clothes›Pants | Clothes›Veil | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Language barrier | Gender›Women as mysterious / secretive | Law›Custody | Law›Marshal | Technology›Automobile | Violence›Child abuse | Violence›Mistaken for sexual assault
Themes and Motifs: Appearance›Beautiful/handsome | Body›Foot / Feet | Memory›Forgetting
Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›Adult-child | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate | Romantic | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Malapropism | Figures of Speech›Glove | Figures of Speech›Oxymoron | Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Actions: Economic›Getting a receipt | Economic›Paying | Emotional›Anger | Emotional›Coldness | Emotional›Impatience | Interaction, Private›Courting | Legal›Dismissing a case | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Demanding
Cultural Issues: Class›Etiquette | Class›Gentility | Ethnicity›Italian | Ethnicity›Offensive terminology | Law›Corruption
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Chasing a person
Relationships: Friendship›College companions / classmates | Friendship›College roommate
Aesthetics: Allusion, Biblical›Hell | Diction›Ethnic slur | Language›Profanity
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room
Actions: Violent›Threatening | Violent›Whipping
Relationships: Familial›Physical discipline | Familial›Uncle-niece | Interracial›Master-servant
Cultural Issues: Class›Snopesism | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Bugs | Animals›Insects lice | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncertain relationship | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Emotional›Sympathy | Mental›Remembering
Cultural Issues: War›Civil War consequences | War›Displacement
Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity
Environment: Auditory›Birdsong | Domestic Space›Drawing room | Olfactory›Flowers
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Dream
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Montgomery, Alabama | Language›Profanity
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Actions: Interaction, Social›Voting | Verbal›Shouting
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Irony
Environment: Atmospheric›Dangerous
Cultural Issues: War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Cultural Issues: Crime›Horse theft
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Recurring Tropes›Reunion
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Environment: Time of Day›Morning
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Language›Profanity
Relationships: Familial›Father-son | Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Cultural Issues: War›Glorification | War›Union Army | War›Violence against civilians
Relationships: Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›Simile | Language›Profanity
Cultural Issues: Race›Self-abnegation | Slavery›Loyalty | War›Union Army
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Loyalty | Slavery›Resistance | Slavery›Self-emancipation
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Money|Wealth | Home›Destroyed | Objects›Silver
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Language›Profanity