"Huffle: a piece of beaʃtiality too filthy for explanation"
June 15, 2015 3:17 AM Subscribe
The Tumblr blog "Over the Hills and Far Away", aka "Beggars Opera: History, Fashion, Romance and Deadpan Snarking" has researched and collected the Best of A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1st and 2nd editions (1785 and 1788 - source material from Google Books).
Part One: Admiral of the Narrow Seas - Breeches ; Part Two: Cackling Farts - Duck F-ck-r ; Part Three: Flash Lingo - Goose Riding ; Part Four: Hopkins - Medlar ; Part Five: Member Mug - Potato Trap ; Part Six: Punk - Sugar Stick ; Part Seven: Tallywags - Welch Rabbit ; All Parts in Reverse Order .
Come for the "Queen Dick", stay for the lower-case 's' that looks like 'f'. ("Boʃom"! "Teʃticles"!)
Part One: Admiral of the Narrow Seas - Breeches ; Part Two: Cackling Farts - Duck F-ck-r ; Part Three: Flash Lingo - Goose Riding ; Part Four: Hopkins - Medlar ; Part Five: Member Mug - Potato Trap ; Part Six: Punk - Sugar Stick ; Part Seven: Tallywags - Welch Rabbit ; All Parts in Reverse Order .
Come for the "Queen Dick", stay for the lower-case 's' that looks like 'f'. ("Boʃom"! "Teʃticles"!)
I would like my tombstone to summarize my life as 'A laʃcivious practice too indecent for explanation'.
posted by FatherDagon at 4:08 AM on June 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by FatherDagon at 4:08 AM on June 15, 2015 [3 favorites]
The edition used in the FPP eight years ago was from 1811, 26 years after the First Edition. While I suspect it would have an even more comprehensive collection of vulgarity, I really appreciate how the blogger made individual png images for each item. I know I will find use for a few of thoʃe.
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:17 AM on June 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:17 AM on June 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
(Ahem. "ʃ" is an Esh, not to be confused with the long s that looks like "ſ" on Metafilter.)
posted by effbot at 4:43 AM on June 15, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by effbot at 4:43 AM on June 15, 2015 [6 favorites]
Bagpipe, to bagpipe, a laʃcivious practice too indecent for explanation.
That is the worst tease of a definition I have ever seen.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:45 AM on June 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
That is the worst tease of a definition I have ever seen.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:45 AM on June 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
Ahem. "ʃ" is an Esh, not to be confused with
And now I can accurately render my Sean Connery fan fic!
posted by Mezentian at 4:47 AM on June 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
And now I can accurately render my Sean Connery fan fic!
posted by Mezentian at 4:47 AM on June 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
I can't help but read the 'f'/Esh as an f - and it's hard to take any of it seriously.
Which isn't a bad thing.
posted by From Bklyn at 5:12 AM on June 15, 2015
Which isn't a bad thing.
posted by From Bklyn at 5:12 AM on June 15, 2015
God damn it. What does Bargain mean? I am all betwattled.
posted by Naberius at 5:30 AM on June 15, 2015
posted by Naberius at 5:30 AM on June 15, 2015
The recent TV series of Wolf Hall had a character exclaiming "By the thrice-beshitten shroud of Lazarus!". I've been looking for an opportunity to slip that phrase into my conversation ever since.
posted by Paul Slade at 5:47 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Paul Slade at 5:47 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
I've been looking for an opportunity to slip that phrase into my conversation ever since.
Achievement unlocked!
posted by Mezentian at 5:53 AM on June 15, 2015
Achievement unlocked!
posted by Mezentian at 5:53 AM on June 15, 2015
I'll drink to that.
posted by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas at 6:03 AM on June 15, 2015 [14 favorites]
posted by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas at 6:03 AM on June 15, 2015 [14 favorites]
What, no definition of the Clapham Steamer, or the Filthy Sanchez, or the Ruſty Sackbut?
posted by infinitewindow at 6:04 AM on June 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by infinitewindow at 6:04 AM on June 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas - Joined: December 7, 2009
Damn, you play the long game, don't you?
posted by Naberius at 6:30 AM on June 15, 2015 [9 favorites]
Damn, you play the long game, don't you?
posted by Naberius at 6:30 AM on June 15, 2015 [9 favorites]
Urinal Of The Planets, Ireland, so called for the from the frequent rains in that island.
Funny, I thought it was Tatooine.
posted by The Bellman at 7:14 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Funny, I thought it was Tatooine.
posted by The Bellman at 7:14 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
"nick nackatories"!
posted by kenko at 7:56 AM on June 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by kenko at 7:56 AM on June 15, 2015 [4 favorites]
Bagpipe, to bagpipe, a laʃcivious practice too indecent for explanation.
That is the worst tease of a definition I have ever seen.
Actually, they just couldn't bring themselves to write "to play the bagpipes." Somethings need to be shrouded by euphemism.
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2015
That is the worst tease of a definition I have ever seen.
Actually, they just couldn't bring themselves to write "to play the bagpipes." Somethings need to be shrouded by euphemism.
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2015
> (Ahem. "ʃ" is an Esh, not to be confused with the long s that looks like "ſ" on Metafilter.)
Nope, it's a long S, not an esh. For starters, the long S can be shaped like that. Check out the image at the top of the Wikipedia article "Long s", for instance.
But it's really about context and function more than form. Just as you wouldn't refer to an integral sign as a long S in a mathematical context, the term "esh" is pretty much reserved for referring to the glyph in the Coptic alphabet, as well as IPA.
Another example of this is the character æ. In English text, you'd call this a "lower-case AE ligature." In IPA, you'd call it an "ash."
posted by a mirror and an encyclopedia at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
Nope, it's a long S, not an esh. For starters, the long S can be shaped like that. Check out the image at the top of the Wikipedia article "Long s", for instance.
But it's really about context and function more than form. Just as you wouldn't refer to an integral sign as a long S in a mathematical context, the term "esh" is pretty much reserved for referring to the glyph in the Coptic alphabet, as well as IPA.
Another example of this is the character æ. In English text, you'd call this a "lower-case AE ligature." In IPA, you'd call it an "ash."
posted by a mirror and an encyclopedia at 8:09 AM on June 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
What, no definition of the Clapham Steamer
Having been written 40 years before steamboats were commercially available, the inclusion of such term would have made it a science-fiction dirty dictionary.
posted by pwnguin at 8:38 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Having been written 40 years before steamboats were commercially available, the inclusion of such term would have made it a science-fiction dirty dictionary.
posted by pwnguin at 8:38 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Coffee House... to go in and out and pay nothing
Amazing how far back American tradition goes!
posted by pwnguin at 8:41 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Amazing how far back American tradition goes!
posted by pwnguin at 8:41 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Well, the long s with a descender would be an italicized letter. Its use in non-italic text is still quite incorrect, no matter what you call it.
But while we're being pedantic, yes, the character in question is an upright lower-case letter esh. Check out the "not to be confused with" link at the very top of your same wiki page.
I juſt went through my font collection to ſee which faces make uſe of the long s. A ſurprising amount! But almoſt none of them have the ligatures that are ſimply neceſsary to make the ſlight adjuſtments required to make the buſsineſs work. Including the very expenſive ones from Adobe. I am diſappoint.
posted by zjacreman at 8:48 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
But while we're being pedantic, yes, the character in question is an upright lower-case letter esh. Check out the "not to be confused with" link at the very top of your same wiki page.
I juſt went through my font collection to ſee which faces make uſe of the long s. A ſurprising amount! But almoſt none of them have the ligatures that are ſimply neceſsary to make the ſlight adjuſtments required to make the buſsineſs work. Including the very expenſive ones from Adobe. I am diſappoint.
posted by zjacreman at 8:48 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
From Cassell's Dictionary of Slang:
"bagpiping n. [late 18C+] intercourse under the armpit, generally a homosexual practice. [The required posture may be seen as resembling a piper at work.]"
posted by Paul Slade at 9:14 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
"bagpiping n. [late 18C+] intercourse under the armpit, generally a homosexual practice. [The required posture may be seen as resembling a piper at work.]"
posted by Paul Slade at 9:14 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Huh, how does "Admiral of the narrow seas" not refer to one's dick?
Also, only on Metafilter does this FPP get taken over by a discussion about the finer points of historical orthography.
posted by bjrubble at 9:31 AM on June 15, 2015
Also, only on Metafilter does this FPP get taken over by a discussion about the finer points of historical orthography.
posted by bjrubble at 9:31 AM on June 15, 2015
It's not even vulgar, but I think this is my favorite:
"You are a thief and a murderer, you have killed a baboon and stole his face."
posted by bjrubble at 9:38 AM on June 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
"You are a thief and a murderer, you have killed a baboon and stole his face."
posted by bjrubble at 9:38 AM on June 15, 2015 [2 favorites]
So I googled 'rantallion' in an effort to find the original firearm-based context of the word, but it would seem that the slang definition prevails. The first Google result for the word billed itself as "a web site discussing low hanging balls, low hanging sacks, big nut sacks, hambags, huge scrotums, big testicles, male bulges, the penis, and ... "
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:40 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:40 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
HAMBAGS
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:40 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by showbiz_liz at 9:40 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh. I thought it was 'bagpipe to bagpipe': even more laʃcivious than your common and garden bagpiping.
posted by Flashman at 9:47 AM on June 15, 2015
posted by Flashman at 9:47 AM on June 15, 2015
Also from Cassell's Dictionary of Slang"
"huffle v. [late17C-18C] to fellate; to frontage with the armpit."
It then quotes the bestiality definition already given here.
How does "Admiral of the narrow seas" not refer to one's dick?
For that matter, how does "bone box" not refer to cock alley?
posted by Paul Slade at 9:57 AM on June 15, 2015
"huffle v. [late17C-18C] to fellate; to frontage with the armpit."
It then quotes the bestiality definition already given here.
How does "Admiral of the narrow seas" not refer to one's dick?
For that matter, how does "bone box" not refer to cock alley?
posted by Paul Slade at 9:57 AM on June 15, 2015
This brings a whole new meaning to hufflepuff.
posted by grumpybear69 at 10:16 AM on June 15, 2015
posted by grumpybear69 at 10:16 AM on June 15, 2015
Nope, it's a long S, not an esh. For starters, the long S can be shaped like that. Check out the image at the top of the Wikipedia article "Long s", for instance.
It can indeed be shaped like that, but it isn't in the typeface used by MetaFilter:
It can indeed be shaped like that, but it isn't in the typeface used by MetaFilter:
>>> import unicodedataposted by effbot at 11:27 AM on June 15, 2015 [1 favorite]
>>> unicodedata.name(u"ʃ")
'LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH'
>>> unicodedata.name(u"ſ")
'LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S'
> Well, the long s with a descender would be an italicized letter. Its use in non-italic text is still quite incorrect, no matter what you call it.
> It can indeed be shaped like that, but it isn't in the typeface used by MetaFilter
Ohh, duh, I see. effbot was questioning the orthography in the FPP, not the use of the term "long S" to refer to the glyph in the samples from the dictionary.
MY BAD CARRY ON
posted by a mirror and an encyclopedia at 12:34 PM on June 15, 2015
> It can indeed be shaped like that, but it isn't in the typeface used by MetaFilter
Ohh, duh, I see. effbot was questioning the orthography in the FPP, not the use of the term "long S" to refer to the glyph in the samples from the dictionary.
MY BAD CARRY ON
posted by a mirror and an encyclopedia at 12:34 PM on June 15, 2015
As the timestamp shows, I was throwing this post together at 3AM, Pacific Daylight Time, and really wanted to acknowledge the "long s" in it (which I didn't even know what it was called at the time, duh). The "esh" was the closest thing I could find in the Windows Character Map with one eye open. I was certain if it wasn't exactly right, there would be a pedantic derail, but decided to sit back and enjoy the bumpy ride before I went to sleep for 9 hours. A belated 'good Monday' everybody, and CARRY ON.
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:33 PM on June 15, 2015
posted by oneswellfoop at 1:33 PM on June 15, 2015
Another example of this is the character æ. In English text, you'd call this a "lower-case AE ligature." In IPA, you'd call it an "ash."
I think the name "ash" is derived from Old English æsc, and is still a correct name for the character in English.
CARRYING ON
posted by stebulus at 4:49 PM on June 15, 2015
I think the name "ash" is derived from Old English æsc, and is still a correct name for the character in English.
CARRYING ON
posted by stebulus at 4:49 PM on June 15, 2015
The "Admiral of the Narrow Seas" definition is the funniest thing I've seen in years! My wife was worried because I was still laughing when I got out of the shower.
posted by sneebler at 6:14 PM on June 15, 2015
posted by sneebler at 6:14 PM on June 15, 2015
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