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Depraved and Insulting English

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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter Novobatzky, Ammon SheaSeries:Harvest BookPublish date:2002-08-01Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780156011495ISBN-10:156011492UPC:9780156011495Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, HumorBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Form, Spelling & VocabularyBook Topic:Etymology, Puns & WordplaySize:7.56 x 5.14 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCAZ7CAD7W
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780156011495ISBN-10:156011492UPC:9780156011495Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, HumorBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Form, Spelling & VocabularyBook Topic:Etymology, Puns & WordplaySize:7.56 x 5.14 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCAZ7CAD7W
Peter Novobatzky and Ammon Shea are the authors of Depraved English and Insulting English. They both live in New York City.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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