Wednesday 3 February 2010

69 Across

From a "blacklist" file included with the latest edition of Crossword Compiler, a British computer program for designing various word puzzles. The file prevents blacklisted words from appearing randomly.

bawdyhouse
bollocksing
bonk
catamenial
clitoridectomy
diddlyshit
effing
fanny
fornicatress
gobshite
harlotry
hermaphroditism
nooky
paramour
pissoir
psychosexual
pyroclastic
rat-arsed
rogering
ruttish
sapphic
sexy
shtup
smooching
spermary
stiffy
tribadistic
trollop
wee-wee
whoremasterly
zooerastia

I spotted this frivolous piece of random news in Harper's Magazine Feb 2010 pg 24 & since it made me smile after a pretty tough day I just had to share it:)

5 comments:

  1. The only one that confuses me is "Pyroclastic"! According to the dictionary, pyroclastic means "composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic."

    That seems pretty innocuous to me!

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  2. That is indeed bizarre... maybe they know something google doesn't know..?:)

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  3. I don't think that's a word known to man...

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  4. Sez you! Google begs to differ:
    Results 1 - 8 of 8 for pornoclastic

    Personally, I think my favourite result is:
    "Maybe Dr B really can act as a sort of pornoclastic Oskar Schindler, shepherding flocks of Suicide Girls to the safety of feminism."
    (from: http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/02/13/porn-again/)

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