Depraved English

by Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea

From aboiement to zooerastia , a guided tour of the lantrified underbelly of the English language

This unusual, un-put-downable little volume collects more than three hundred of the English language's most disgusting, offensive, and obscene words--words that have fallen out of common usage but will no doubt delight, amuse, and in some cases prove surprisingly useful. Who hasn't searched for the right word to describe a colleague's maschalephidrosis (runaway armpit perspiration), a boss's pleonexia (insane greed), or a buddy's fumosities (ill-smelling vapors from a drunken person's belches)?

Word lovers, chronic insulters, berayers , bescumbers , and bespewers need feel like tongue-tied witlings no Finding the correct, keck -inspiring word just got a whole lot easier.

Genres: Nonfiction, Language, Writing

164 pages, Hardcover

First published September 4, 1999

Reviews

[Ramya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally an English dictionary that allows one to hold ones own even in the presence of the most decorous person such as a Dowager Countess who may say “vulgarity is no substitute for wit” by reminding her not to be a coprolite and that use of language or any sort precludes one from being an ephemeromorph.

[Seth Heasley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite words found here:
crapulent
fustigation
hydrocephalic

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun book! It has lots of words which are insults, but also obscure and odd words for bodily functions. The author's attitude is positive. The definitions include pronunciation, some cute illustrations, and excellent demonstration sentences of how to use the words! Recommended for teens and adults!