Depraved English
"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…
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- Full title :Depraved English / Peter Novobatzky & Ammon Shea.
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"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)?"--BOOK JACKET.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1999.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 163 pages : : illustrations ; : 19 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0312207735, 9780312207731
- oclc:ocm41096244
- LC Classification:PE1689
- Dewey Decimal:423/.1
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