As an unrefined logophile, I have an unnatural affinity for a well-endowed lexicon. Lust: A Dictionary for the Insatiable is not a cheap, urban dictionary filled with bawdry slang—one you might find hustling itself on the street corner in a frayed and waterlogged jacket for less than the price of a trashy tabloid. From Lust's fine cloth outerwear to its slender frame and prurient yet eloquent vernacular, this is one classy tome. What follows are 25 amatory words I discovered after slipping between the sheets of Lust.
This article appears in Oct 20-26, 2011.