Depraved and Insulting English

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.

Author: Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 08/14/2002
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 7.56h x 5.14w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780156011495

Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 06/17/2002 pg. 56
Library Journal 08/01/2002 pg. 5
Publishers Weekly 06/17/2002
Library Journal 08/12/2002

About the Author
Peter Novobatzky and Ammon Shea are the authors of Depraved English and Insulting English. They both live in New York City.