Depraved and Insulting English
by Novobatzky, Peter, Shea, Ammon
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- ISBN 10
- 0156011492
- ISBN 13
- 9780156011495
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Originally published as two distinct collections, Depraved and Insulting English brings to light the language's most offensive and obscene words--words that have fallen out of today's lexicon 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) or a boss's pleonexia (insane greed)? And what better way is there to insult the scombroid landlord (resembling a mackerel) or that tumbrel of a brother-in-law (a person who is drunk to the point of vomiting) than by calling him by his rightful name? A compact compendium of ingenious words for anyone who's been tongue-tied, flabbergasted, or dumbfounded, Depraved and Insulting English supplies the appropriate vocabulary for any occasion. Word lovers, chronic insulters, berayers, bescumbers, and bespewers need fear no more--finding the correct word to wow your friends or silence your enemies just got a whole lot easier.
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- Wonder Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M01X-00853
- Title
- Depraved and Insulting English
- Author
- Novobatzky, Peter, Shea, Ammon
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0156011492
- ISBN 13
- 9780156011495
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2002-08-14
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