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The Vulgar Tongue
@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp last month

GOSPEL SHOP. A church.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOSPEL SHOP. A church. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FLAYBOTTOMIST. A bum-brusher, or schoolmaster. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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GOSPEL SHOP. A church.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GOSPEL SHOP. A church. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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"Bag of dicks", "bee's dick", "perviness", and "fudge" (int.; often as a euphemistic alternative to "fuck") are among the words and senses newly added to the OED
https://www.oed.com/information/updates/june-2025/new-word-entries/

#slang #OED #lexicography #dictionaries #words #phrases #dick

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@stronglang@lingo.lol  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

"Bag of dicks", "bee's dick", "perviness", and "fudge" (int.; often as a euphemistic alternative to "fuck") are among the words and senses newly added to the OED
https://www.oed.com/information/updates/june-2025/new-word-entries/

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