geoff carver wrote:
>
> >
> > Ned have you found a dictionary of terms related to this topic? Twould be a
> >  hoot
> > to have a few terms defined for us.
> >
> there was some journal called "maledicta" (or something similar) at one time -
> even published a dictionary of swear-words from around the world - i just
> remember that if you said the equivilent of "your mother's ears" in some african
> language, you were better be good at either fighting or running -
>         i had always meant to parody that bit of anthropological myth which
> stated that "eskimoes have over 60 different words for snow, because it is very
> important to them" - which is based on a misreading of amundsen or one of the
> other arctic explorers: the 60 different words came from almost just as many
> dialects...
>         anyway: i wanted to do the same thing for english words for shit, and
> the various euphemisms, medical jargon, hunters' specialist words (the use of
> the word "fewmets" in "the pope's rhinoceros" being a deliberate reference to
> "the sword in the stone"), etc.
>         think i had over 60 at one time - also had a great list of dutch
> sex-euphemisms at one time -
>
>


I think this may be the journal you are referring to:

MALEDICTA: The International Journal of Verbal Aggression
Santa Rosa, CA 95402, USA
http://www.sonic.net/maledicta/


Fran