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Butt Rot and Bottom Gas

A Glossary of Tragically Misunderstood Words
Quirk Books By Eric Groves Sr.

4-1/2 x 6-3/4 in; 112 pp ;
Hardcover
Published in August, 2007
ISBN 1594742030
ISBN13 9781594742033

$10.95  

Butt Rot and Bottom Gas -- The English language is full of words that sound obscene but aren't. Terms like arsole (an organic chemical compound) and crack spread (a calculation showing theoretical market values of petroleum). Words like cunctator (a person who procrastinates, delays, or wastes time) and spotted dick (a traditional English dessert made with hot, thick custard).

Seventh-grade language arts teacher Eric Groves Sr. has spent years listening to his students giggle after he used words like thespian, coccyx, and masticate. Now he has compiled hundreds of these foul-sounding terms into a delightfully innocent dictionary, complete with illustrated definitions of their true meanings. From air cock (a valve on a boiler) and bushmaster (a large venomous snake) to cummingtonite (a mineral) and beyond, Butt Rot and Bottom Gas is a wonderful reference for word lovers and the snickering seventh grader in all of us.

Eric Groves Sr. is a middle-school teacher in California.