Depraved and Insulting English

Name: Depraved and Insulting English
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ISBN: 9780156011495

ISBN-10: 0156011492

ISBN-13: 9780156011495

Edition: 2001

Authors: Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea

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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…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/14/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

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