DEPRAVED & INSULTING ENGLISH brings to light our language's most offensive and obscene words - words that have fallen out of today's lexicon but will no doubt delight, amuse, and in some cases prove surprisingly useful. For who hasn't searched for the perfect term to describe a colleague's MASCHELEPHIDROSIS or a boss's PLEONEXIA? And what better way is there to insult the SCOMBROID landlord or that TUMBREL of a brother-in-law than by calling him by his rightful name? A compact compendium of ingenious words for anyone who's been tongue-tied, flabbergasted, or dumbfounded, DEPRAVED AND INSULTING ENGLISH supplies the appropriate vocabulary for any occasion. Word nerds, chronic insulters, berayers, besumbers, and bespewer need fear no more - finding the correct word to wow your friends or silence your enemies just got a whole lot easier.