Lobcocks and Fartleberries: 18th-Century Insults to Confound Your Foes - Softcover

Francis Grose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849531013 ISBN 13: 9781849531016

Publisher: Summersdale, 2011

Synopsis

A selection from the original slang dictionary The Vulgar Tongue, including such gems as "Bitch Bobby" (a country wench) and lobcock (a large relaxed penis or a dull inanimate fellow) If someone called you a beetle-browed bastardly gullion and told you to shut your bone box, would you be offended? If you lived in 1785, you most certainly would! Harking back to a time when insults and rude words were considerably more colorful, this collection is one that no true aspiring vulgarite or rude language lover should be without.

About this title

About the Author:

Francis Grose, an elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, traveled extensively throughout the British Isles and featured in several of Robert Burns' poems. He died in Dublin of an apoplectic fit in 1791.

Review:

"For those with an interest in obscure swear words, be it a wordsmith or someone just wanting to expand the more vulgar side of their vocabulary, this is a great little book, and just the right size for pockets and easy referencing."  —San Francisco Book Review.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Summersdale
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1849531013
• ISBN 13: 9781849531016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: David Procter