February 15, 2006

Dirty Older English

Check out this 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence.

Examples:

SUCH A REASON PIST MY GOOSE, or MY GOOSE PIST. Said when any one offers an absurd reason.

TWIDDLE POOP. An effeminate looking fellow.

TO WIN. To steal. The cull has won a couple of rum glimsticks; the fellow has stolen a pair of fine candlesticks.

WOMAN'S CONSCIENCE. Never satisfied.

ZAD. Crooked like the letter Z. He is a mere zad, or perhaps zed; a description of a very crooked or deformed person.

(Via Gravity Lens).

Posted by JohnL at February 15, 2006 11:12 PM | TrackBack
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