I have found, hidden at the back of my bookshelves, a slim volume named “The Superior Person’s Little Book of Words” which was compiled by one Peter Bowler, a lexicographer who lives near Brisbane and collects old pewter.
Some of his words are irresistible. The first two entries contain the Superior Person’s Ultimate Flame. I must find a way include it in a usenet “discussion”.
ABECEDARIAN, a. (i) Arranged in alphabetical order; (ii) elementary, devoid of sophistication. The present book may be considered by some to fit both applications. For a more interesting meaning, see unbelievers defence, the.
ABECEDARIAN INSULT, AN. ‘Sir, you are an apogenous, bovaristic, coprolalial, dasypygal, excerebrose, facinorous, gnathonic, hircine, ithyphallic, jumentous, kyphotic, labrose, mephitic, napiform, oligophrenial, papuliferous, quisquilian, rebarbative, saponaceous, thersitical, unguinous, ventripotent, wlatsome, xylocephalous, yirning, zoophyte: Translation: ‘Sir, you are an impotent, conceited, obscene, hairy-buttocked, brainless, wicked, toadying, goatish, indecent, stable-smelling, hunchbacked, thick-lipped, stinking, turnip-shaped, feeble-minded, pimply, trashy, repellent, smarmy, foul-mouthed, greasy, gluttonous, loathsome, wooden-headed, whining, extremely low form of animal life:
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I may print this off for future reference…
One needs a good round of insults no one can understand these days. I may have to file this one away, too.
I would like feedback should you ever use it
Oh, I do think you should save this for a special forum-flame discussion moment. Because it will be a game ender and so should not be used lightly. xo
As always, dear Lily, you go straight to the heart of the matter. This should only be used as a last resort.
I’ve got that book! And the second one in the series too
Lucky! I only got the first
Apparently there are three.
Gloriously spoken … well, written. And not a foul four-letter word in sight! Well done.
“f**l” is a four-letter word – hmm – so is “four” – - -