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Jason Langenauer’s misanthropic alphabet for grown-ups

17 October 2010 in Human Nature, Language by Stilgherrian | No comments

I was particularly pleased to see fellow misanthropist Jason Langenauer (pictured) produce a nastily whimsical alphabet on Twitter last night. I thought it deserved to be recorded for posterity. And here it is.

A is for Arsehat.
B is for Bastard.
C is for Coprophile.
E is for Eris.
F is for Filth.
G is for Gauleiter.
H is for Herpes.
I is for Ignominy.
Oh yes, one can’t start a tweet with a capital D. D is for Degenerate.
Now, where was I?
J is for Jesus.
K is for Kristallnacht.
L is for Lubricant.
N is for Nudism.
O is for Orifice.
P is for Pistol.
Q is irrelevant, and I shan’t have anything to do with it.
R is for Rotten.
S is for Sodomy.
T is for Tammany Hall.
U is for Uvula.
(No, that’s not what a uvula is. You people are sick. Go look it up on Wikipedia.)
V is for Vulgar.
W is for Wastrel.

And that’s as far as he got. However for the sake of completeness he has this afternoon added the following:

X is for Xenophilia.
Y is for Yes-man.
Z is for Zarathustra.

I can’t help but think this should be illustrated by Edward Gorey, in the style of The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

[Update 4pm: Jason writes: I have just noticed I've left out M from my alphabet. Oh well. I never liked it much anyway.]

Links for 29 December 2008 through 09 January 2009

10 January 2009 in Daily Links by del.icio.us | 1 comment

Stilgherrian’s massive megamix January melange of links from 29 December 2008 through to 09 January 2009.

There’s so many links here that for the blog version I’ll put them all “below the fold”. Happy reading!

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