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The English language is where words go to be tortured and mutilated into unrecognizable shadows of their former selves. It’s where Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots are shredded apart and stitched unceremoniously back together with misunderstood snippets of languages snatched from the wreckage of conquest and colonialism. It wreaks havoc upon grammar and spelling. It turns clinical terms into insults. It turns children’s tales into filthy euphemisms. Beneath its surface lie sexism, racism, ableism and every imaginable type of violence.
Enter Words from Hell.
My upcoming book, Words from Hell, guides readers into the deepest, darkest recesses of English etymology.
From bodily functions to the dirtiest insults, from war and weaponry to illicit substances, this adults-only book goes where no book has dared to go before.
This is the only accessible, entertaining, and informative etymology dictionary for adults only. With an emphasis on understanding where the foulest words in the English language came from—and the disgusting and hilarious histories behind them—this book demonstrates the true filth and hideosness hidden in our everyday words.
Dirty-minded word nerds and lewd linguistics lovers will derive sick pleasure in leering at the origins of swear words, sexual lingo, inappropriate idioms, violent vocabulary, and terminology for bodily functions—not to mention the unexpectedly foul origins of words you thought were perfectly innocent. If it’s inappropriate, stomach-churning, uncomfortable, or offensive, this book reaches into the dark recesses of its history and exposes them for all to see.
Boldly facing today’s most contentious terminology, this book is an excellent read for anyone who enjoys reading about word origins—and doesn’t mind blushing a bit along the way.
Preorder your copy today (and purchase a copy for your least favorite book-banning politician) from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Bookshop.org today.
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