FANCY-SHMANCY WAYS TO INSULT YOUR FRIENDS
FANCY-SHMANCY WAYS TO INSULT YOUR FRIENDS
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) If four-letter-words are too low-brow for you, you may want to try curse words used back in the olden days. For instance, instead of telling someone theyre fat, you can call them fabiform an old word that means shaped like a bean. Thats according to the new book, Insulting English (St. Martins Press), a collection of ancient insults and naughty tidbits including words like... Excerebrose, which means brainless. Gink, which is an insignificant person. A gongoozler is an idiot who stares at strange objects. Finally, theres a shotclog, which is an unpleasant person tolerated only because he or she is buying drinks.
Thu 05-24-01