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    The Woman's Book of Dirty Words
    The Woman's Book of Dirty Words
    The Woman's Book of Dirty Words
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    The Woman's Book of Dirty Words

    By Mary Fran Bontempo and Pat Achilles

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    We women like to talk.

    We talk to the tune of around 20,000 words per day, if current science is to be believed. We talk to commune with our girlfriends, sisters and mothers, we talk to issue directives to our kids and families, we talk to share our feelings (ad nauseum, if you ask our husbands and partners), we talk at work, we talk at play, sometimes we even talk in our sleep.

    Words are kind of our thing. We should be word experts. So why is it that certain words send us over the edge?

    The words that take others to their happy place often make us miserable. Words like "vacation," "dinner," and "holidays" can leave us breathing into a paper bag with our head between our knees. But it doesn't have to be that way. Join Mary Fran Bontempo and redefine the "dirty words" that make women cringe. You'll laugh, learn, make some changes and trim your "dirty words" list down to size!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781456624798
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