Bullshit: A Lexicon by Mark Peters

3 Stars

 

As Jon Stewart so eloquently puts it in the very first sentence of this book . . .



If you’re anything like me you (1) love free stuff and (2) can’t resist weird crap that make your friends and family members question whether coming to you house is a safe idea then Bullshit: A Lexicon might just be the perfect addition to your coffee table.

Mark Peters covers everything from the classics such as . . .



And . . .



To the politically correct . . .



All the way back to basics . . .



Of course, since this is the bullshit dictionary that had to run the entire alphabet from A to Zed, a few stretches were made. Like . . .



And treacle? Seriously. I know SOMEONE would take much offense to his favorite treat being called “shit” . . . .

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A million points to Gryffindor Stepheny for being the first one in the class with her hand raised to answer that trivia tidbit.

Like many other books like this, the retail price is a bit steep for my liking and the humor was a bit on the smarty farty side for me considering the subject matter. I’m going to continue waiting impatiently for Ed Lorn to come up with a profanity dictionary ‘cause he’s reeeeaaaaaaallllll good at the curse words.

Review copy provided by Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.