dirty words in dictionaries

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 07:29:32PM -0400, George Thompson wrote:
> With reference to a side-track opened in the recent discussion of "phatt".
>
>  I have long had a copy of Wessely's Latin-English
> Dictionary, first published in the late 19th century, a
> pocket-sized affair undoubtedly for the use of students.  It
> defined "cunnus" as "cunt"

I find this astonishing, absolutely astonishing.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED