Customer Reviews

The Big Book of Filth: 6500 Sex Slang Words and Phrases (Reference)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

If you like reference books like I do, you can never have enough lexicons at your disposal. I thought I knew a lot of the slang referring to things normally covered by bathing suits, but I was mistaken. Tons of stuff I didn't even imagine. Some of the terms are 19th Century slang and are no longer used... and the reason for their use is not always obvious or explained.

The few sparse illustrations are absolutely hilarious, but they are just cartoons to pepper the book, not diagrams.

My less than perfect rating is due to the lack of true history behind the terms, especially those from the 1960s and earlier... just citing that it was coined in a particular year.

Also, there are terms I have heard repeatedly on TV & movies that were not cited here. There are no references as to where they collected their data, so the book becomes more of a funny bathroom humor compendium instead of a reliable lexicon.

Whenever you need an arsenal of foul words, or you need to look up that term you just overheard your teenager say on the phone, however, this is a handy reference for those of us less informed in the realm of lockerroom banter.

I'm a writer of historical romance and this book was recommended as a resource material. It is exactly what I was looking for.

The title is a bit of a joke because the book is actually quite small in the physical sense. Basically it is a list of words (primarily English language words) that seem to fit into a range of categories that can be general (male parts) or very specific (tasty terms). Some lists are set up as charts that focus on the play with one phrase or rhyme systems. The picture throughout could be funny or distracting depending on your personal taste -- I found them a bit of both. Once more we see that in the English language words relating to women's bodies and sexuality are fewer and less "active". It could be fun to read with friends but since no real definitions are offered for the terms, not very helpful to writers I think.

I was disappointed that this book didn't turn out to be more a thesaurus for slang terms.

The title first drew me to this book, then it's small size and finally I started reading it. I nearly laughed my butt off studying the Table of Contents. I knew the rest of the book was going to be informative and funny.

Green gives us so much terminology for female and male body parts located south of the waistline that I'd never heard before. The book also describes what one or several people can do with them, too. Guess what, the book even offers dates as to when the terminology was the most popular.

For a writer of romance novels like me who was looking to beef up her vocabulary or if you're just curious about the origin of the dirty words you heard on the playground or read on those bathroom walls, this is the book for you.

Great place to find other Words and Phrases for the same meanings of anything to do with sexy.

There are seemingly endless lists of slang terms for everything to do with one's sex or the act itself. The small-sized book is thorough if anything, dividing up the collection of terms into minute categories for easy finding and including the date of origination for the term or additional description where possible. There are cheesy line drawings illustrating some of the odd terms, apparently just in an effort to plug up the white space left by the lists upon lists of terms.

This book is a great reference if you're interested in where/when terms stemmed from or looking for outdated or little known slang to add to your own vocabulary to baffle your friends while sitting at the bar with nothing better to do. Otherwise, the book would only be a useful resource for a writer or other word-sleuth if you're writing a period piece with untactful characters. How else could you ever utilize your new awareness of terms like "gristle-gripper" or "dormouse" for female genitalia and "cranny-haunter" or "flap-doodle" for males?

This isn't a useful guide for modern writers of erotica, unless only for your own amusement. Worst of all, the bar of soap pictured on the front cover needs to lose the token pubic hair. It looks so real that I keep wanting to pick it off...

This book is a big book of words describing sex...all kinds of sex....but the best thing about this book...is that it gives reference dates and countries that the saying are attributed to.

This book is great for some laughs...and the perfect gift for the foul mouthed in your family...or writers....or both.

This is one of the funniest books I've picked up in a while. Its really just a listing of terminology and euphemisms for sexuality and the like. If you ever wanted to boost your dirty word list, here's your book.

I read a few reviews, one in particular complains that this isn't the best book on the subject, but I don't see any alternate choices listed. Ok, maybe this is or isn't THE definitive guide to the subject, but its pretty good, and pretty cheap.

Of all the odd and different books that are stored on my coffee table, this is by far the most popular pick. It's simply hilarious. And who can resist gaining the "knowledge" which it contains? A real winner for the fun at heart...