My Review of "Bull*Shit"

Mark Peters' Bull*Shit:  A Lexicon is full of all kinds of BS.  Literally.

In this literary load of doo-doo, Peters not only cataloges over two hundred words for balderdash, bloviation, and the purveyors of hot air, but he also gives us etymological background for each as well as historical examples of the words and phrases being used. 

And the examples, like the words themselves, come from all over.  BS is everywhere, and the names given to it come from everywhere, too.  In Bull*Shit: A Lexicon, you'll find names for hooey from the United States (Bull Durham), Great Britain (Bovril), and Australia (Flemington confetti); from land (stump water), sea (gurry), and air (bird turd); and from our long-gone past (jargon has been around since the 1300s) to centuries into our science-fiction future (felgercarb from Battlestar Galactica, crapspackle from Futurama).

Part trivia, part history, but fully humor, Bull*Shit is a book that gives you the perfect word for that less-than-perfect moment.  So this book is not to be missed.

I received a free copy of this book as part of the Blogging for Books program in exchange for my honest review here.