![]() Which, really, how many words do you know the history behind? Probably not many. While there are plenty of examples of words I've never heard of (stultiloquence, anyone?) there are also many words that I'm sure everyone has heard of and probably used, but don't know the history behind. The book is not just a thesaurus of words for BS, but it gives their definitions, whether referencing a specific or general type of malarkey, and their unique back stories. You could call it bullshit along with about 180 other words in the book Bullshit: A Lexicon (by the aforementioned Mark Peters). This is a word that references anything irrelevant or meaningless. ![]() At least, not before reading Mark Peters' book. If it makes you feel any better, I didn't know the definition either. I received this book from Blogging for Books, but all opinions are my own.ĭo you know the definition of that word? What would you guess it means? Please leave a comment with a guess before reading the rest. This is the treecorpse equivalent of several Mental Floss and Buzzfeed articles. Though this often fails to be the case: he ends the section on "eyewash" with the paragraph "you say eyewasher, I say bullshitter." If comedy is subjective, then I don't want to be subjected to it.Īside from the rarer phrases and words, this is more of a trinket than a book. Its repetitive and safe jocularity could even be enjoyable in lighter doses like that in heavier loads, you could salvage Peters' style by saying his callback to previous synonyms and needless "punchlines" reexplaining the obvious are helpful tics for remembering all the various funny words. Say, a friend's flash in the pan skim when waiting for you to get ready. It tries its damnedest to be informative without information, landing far below edutainment and slightly below puckishness. Like a lot of McSweeney's humor (and SNL's and Gex's, that whole set, yadda yadda), the worst parts of Bullshit: A Lexicon are its best parts. Review copy provided by Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review. I’m going to continue waiting impatiently for Ed Lorn to come up with a profanity dictionary ‘cause he’s reeeeaaaaaaallllll good at the curse words. Like many other books like this, the retail price is a bit steep for my liking and the humor was a bit on the smarty farty side for me considering the subject matter. Ī million points to Gryffindor Stepheny for being the first one in the class with her hand raised to answer that trivia tidbit. I know SOMEONE would take much offense to his favorite treat being called “shit”. Of course, since this is the quintessential bullshit dictionary that ran the entire alphabet from A to Zed, a few stretches had to be made. Mark Peters covers everything from the classics such as. If you’re anything like me you (1) love free stuff and (2) can’t resist weird crap that makes your friends and family members question whether coming to your house is a safe idea then Bullshit: A Lexicon might just be the perfect addition to your coffee table. As Jon Stewart so eloquently puts it in the very first sentence of this book.
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