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	The Big Book of Filth: 6500 Sex Slang Words and Phrases Cassell, 2006 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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This book is great for some laughs...and the perfect gift for the foul mouthed in your family...or writers....or both.


How to sound educated about the down & dirty

This is one of the funniest books I've picked up in a while. Its really just a listing of terminology and euphemisms for sexuality and the like. If you ever wanted to boost your dirty word list, here's your book.

I read a few reviews, one in particular complains that this isn't the best book on the subject, but I don't see any alternate choices listed. Ok, maybe this is or isn't THE definitive guide to the subject, but its pretty good, and pretty cheap.

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funny reference for the lexicon geek

If you like reference books like I do, you can never have enough lexicons at your disposal. I thought I knew a lot of the slang referring to things normally covered by bathing suits, but I was mistaken. Tons of stuff I didn't even imagine. Some of the terms are 19th Century slang and are no longer used... and the reason for their use is not always obvious or explained.

The few sparse illustrations are absolutely hilarious, but they are just cartoons to pepper the book, not diagrams.

My less than perfect rating is due to the lack of true history behind the terms, especially those from the 1960s and earlier... just citing that it was coined in a particular year.

Also, there are terms I have heard repeatedly on TV & movies that were not cited here. There are no references as to where they collected their data, so the book becomes more of a funny bathroom humor compendium instead of a reliable lexicon.

Whenever you need an arsenal of foul words, or you need to look up that term you just overheard your teenager say on the phone, however, this is a handy reference for those of us less informed in the realm of lockerroom banter.

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It Is What It Claims

There are seemingly endless lists of slang terms for everything to do with one's sex or the act itself. The small-sized book is thorough if anything, dividing up the collection of terms into minute categories for easy finding and including the date of origination for the term or additional description where possible. There are cheesy line drawings illustrating some of the odd terms, apparently just in an effort to plug up the white space left by the lists upon lists of terms.

This book is a great reference if you're interested in where/when terms stemmed from or looking for outdated or little known slang to add to your own vocabulary to baffle your friends while sitting at the bar with nothing better to do. Otherwise, the book would only be a useful resource for a writer or other word-sleuth if you're writing a period piece with untactful characters. How else could you ever utilize your new awareness of terms like "gristle-gripper" or "dormouse" for female genitalia and "cranny-haunter" or "flap-doodle" for males?

This isn't a useful guide for modern writers of erotica, unless only for your own amusement. Worst of all, the bar of soap pictured on the front cover needs to lose the token pubic hair. It looks so real that I keep wanting to pick it off...

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