we just don't name books the way we used to 😭
when you're titling a book but you first must let people know about THE VILLAINS
HIS WIFE'S WHAT??? I MUST KNOW.
WHAT
WHAT
this is an EXTREMELY SPECIFIC story right here
hey ladies, i am here to report that if you don't have kids, your punishment is to *checks notes, squints* uhhhhhhhhh?

lead apes in hell
Somehow I missed this THIRD TITLE PAGE of this dictionary and it would be a shame not to share it because the editor hastens to tell us all THIS IS A GUIDE, NOT AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL of thievery and other swindles, and i'm not sure i believe him
shoutout to this old lady in Georgian era London who made bank selling condoms, then retired, and then came out of retirement because her replacements were useless, and passed out a bunch of pamphlets to the area men and told them to cover their dicks. legend
"so what did you do today, Elizabeth?"

"oh nothing just read a canting dictionary and did you know the Georgians had a bunch of fart jokes?"
LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND THIS ENTRY CORRECTLY
they held a mock election for this particular place in England every new parliament, and in order to qualify to stand in as a mock voter, you had to have *squints, checks notes* fucked a woman in public

georgian england is wild
Me:
*reads the first sentence*: Oh.
*reads the second sentence*: WHAT THE FUCK
*reads the third sentence, forgets that the "f" sometimes stands in for an "s"*: WHAT AM I READING
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