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Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Revised

BEING A DICTIONARY OF PUCKISH SLANG, UNIVERSITY WIT, AND PICKPOCKET ELOQUENCE   The aim of this dictionary is to chronicle those phrases too vulgar for common publication. This edition has had certain passages removed due to the extent of their impropriety.  

Excerpts from The Vulgar Tongue

 
Aver Men
Men who will, for a certain fee, swear to any story before a judge.
 
Beetle faced
Ugly
 
Bite
A cheat, or a woman's privates
 
Brim tailed
Flirtatious or promiscuous
 
Cropped doll
A modern girl (alternatively an insult and a compliment)
 
Colke
A fool, a liar
 
Colt
Inexperienced, clumsy
 
Coop
A brothel
 
Doggess
A derogatory term for a woman
 
Droper
A drunkard
 
Ducer
A poor man
 
Fancy man
A man kept by a rich woman (increasingly applied to the common-law husbands of female criminals)
 
Feeter
A promiscuous man
 
Flesher
A match-maker
 
Flouted
Ridiculous
 
Ganner
One given to talking to excess
 
Gentleman of four outs
without money, without credit, without manners, and without wit
 
Guller
A liar, a habitual deceiver
 
His brains are in his ballocks
He is a fool
 
Hog-headed
Stubborn
 
Hubbler
Easily confused
 
(May) the plague take you!
A harsh curse, considered slightly antiquated. A name or noun can be substituted for 'you,' and the variant "may the plague take the gods" has been around since at least Sabi Jobai, and is often used in response to misfortune.
 
(The) monosyllable
A university name for the posterior, or for a boorish person
 
Mort
A woman; at times derogatory
 
Mucker
A miser
 
Night bird
A derogatory term for a sex worker
 
Old cat
A thief past his prime
 
Piece
A derogatory term for a woman, often implying promiscuity
 
Poxed
Ugly
 
Put
A ignorant man
 
Slov
A messy person, often of loose morals
 
Summiteer
A drunkard
 
Wolf
A derogatory term for a woman. Increasingly, a dangerous woman, perhaps due to the influence of the Thirty-Nine Wolves

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Jul 7, 2018 13:14 by Tikal

Haha those are some good ones, I'd love to see a quote or example of them being used in your lore!

Jul 7, 2018 13:32 by Ammy M

"That beetle-faced droper! His brains are in his bollocks, I tells ya!" Forgive me, but all of these words and phrases are so fun to play around with; great job!

Jul 7, 2018 14:09

I like the mix of insults from both the real world and yours. Like Tikal said, I would like to see some of the insults, particularly the new ones, used in a sentence or quote.