Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28404 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover

Synopsis
Boobs, bra, bumhole...everybody looks up rude words in the dictionary. It's a natural thing to do and nothing to be ashamed of. But lets face it, ordinary dictionaries are padded out with definitions for words like chimpanzee, irredeemable and hasten, words which are not even a little bit rude. But "Roger's Profanisaurus Rex" from the pages of "Viz Comic" is no ordinary dictionary. Fully revised, updated and expanded for 2005/6, and twice as big as previous editions, this exhaustive lexicon of four letter filth contains over 8000 useful words and phrases to turn the air bluer than a baboon's arse. "Roger's Profanisaurus Rex is quite simply the funniest book ever written, ever since the big bang", wrote one leading magazine recently. And the publishers make this promise: "If you find the words clopper, fart funnel or Basildon bagpipe in the OED, we'll give you your money back."

Customer Reviews

Good work!
It is probably little-known that no other language contains more obscenity than English. In fact, 0.39% of the words appearing in the Oxford English Dictionary were deemed 'lewd' by a recent Government enquiry. The publishers of Viz have been tireless in their efforts to categorise the full diversity of English execration and this is the superb result of their ongoing efforts. It is unlikely that a more thorough attempt has been made to transcribe potty-mouthed vocabulary since Doctor Samuel Johnson's four-volume 'Lexicon of Ribaldry'. Regarded as the Holy Grail of profane scholarship, the manuscript (as reported by James Boswell) never came to light and is believed to have been destroyed by gypsies.

Anyway, I learned plenty here and I now employ words other than *@#& and *$@& - even when drinking among unemployables at 'The Swan and Anchor'! However, as well as many unusual expressions, one finds detailed definitions of more common terms. For example, @#%$%*ing is defined as the process of licking $%&@# (sometimes called %$@*#) from a $*#@$ or from an *%$# (which is, amusingly, sometimes known as a *&@#%!).

Among the less familiar words are a handful that have been taken from foreign languages and adopted into our own tongue. Surprisingly, the Germans have a verb for the act of *#@$%ing a Grandmother's $%*@#$ while having a *$#£@ inserted into one's £&*#@ by a transgendered dwarf with an unusually hairy #*£@$. Apparently $*%£@&$@#*%&?#%@&*£%#&?@$&@#&$*$%*&# is the longest known word for an obscene act (at 36 characters!). Strangely, despite common usage, it has yet to be officially accepted into the English language by the $*%£@&$@#*%&?#%@&*£%#&?@$&@#&$*$%*&#ers who produce the Oxford English Dictionary.

(note from Amazon.co.uk- this review has been censored in accordance with the stringent measures that are in place to prevent ALL vulgarity from appearing in customer reviews)

Tears of laughter guaranteed
Despite the best efforts of the legions of far-left PC fascists that reign over us, there is still (thankfully) a large and resiliant cohort of men (like me) with a puerile sense of humour, who will stalwartly get together and laugh heartily whilst sharing and coining beautifully inane tit and bum gags, endearing terms of abuse, and laughing with tears of joy until our bones ache.

Those poor illiberal sods who are unlucky not to be a member of this bawdy band of brothers, will look down upon us scornfully for giggling when we say "I'm off to't bog, mi back teeth are drownin'" or indulging in belching and farting competitions. We must pity them, for they shall never know the unspeakable rapture of the pure uncensored joy of laughing 'til your face hurts just by saying or reading a naughty word or phrase.

If people don't join in and just sit their tutting and looking at you with disdain and bemusement whilst you're rolling around thumping the floor in contorted laughter just from saying the word "Spangle"; just remember that they can never know your joy, and must be pitied. Those of them who call you names, are just jealous.

I bought this book when I was feeling depressed... rather than reach for a jar of pills, I reached for this book and was weeping with laughter within 8 seconds.
My wife doesn't understand - but whose does?!
This book is to be enjoyed like a cigerette behind the bike sheds... I'll be sending in my additions as soon as I can... and I can't wait for the next edition!

Great idea, brilliantly executed
For those who don't read Viz, the Profanisaurus is a recent bolt-on suppliment committed to bringing its readers the very latest in cutting-edge curses. The Profanisaurus Rex is a compilation of these suppliments.

I don't know what made me laugh more: the swears themselves, or the beatifully eloquent OED-style prose used to define them. This book is like a sculpture of some diseased internal organ fashioned out of rose-petals (yes, the content may offend) and it's all the better for it.

Don't take it too seriously (the authors certainly haven't!) and laugh until you have breathing and continence difficulties.