Fk yea I swear: Cursing and gender in MySpace

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-107

  Thelwall, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85126431899     PISSN: 17495032     EISSN: 17551676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E1749503208000087     Document Type: Article

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