Zhargon-Entsiklopediya Moskovskoy Tusovki

[Alina Israeli]

This is a riot of a book, we used to read it in groups out loud and  
laugh to tears. But of course it cannot be taken terribly seriously  
as "encyclopedia", just a goofing project of the authors. Some things  
are obsolete: The authors obviously thought that Burbulis was their  
worst enemy, and there are a lot of mocking entries through out the  
"encyclopedia". For example:

Burbulizatsija — sm Karbolka.

Of course one would turn to Karbolka:

Karbolka: 1. Burbulizatsija.
2. Burbulizatsija.
3. Sm. Burbulizatsija.

In other words they also made fun of the way basic dictionaries are  
organized. But Burbulis and Burbulizatsija are the most common words  
in the "encyclopedia". Great fun!

Considering that it was published in 1000 copies, I have my doubts  
about its availability.

AI


On Aug 27, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Kim Braithwaite wrote:

> Digressing slightly, if anyone has a copy of McLovsky, Klyne, and  
> Chtchouplov (Shchuplov)'s Zhargon-Entsiklopediya Moskovskoy Tusovki  
> (Moscow, 1997), take a look at the entry "Bundesrat" for a list of  
> Russian slang terms for "toilet" and the like - followed by a 13- 
> page essay on same. Amusing in places. As is the book itself.
>
>


Alina Israeli
LFS, American University
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Washington DC. 20016
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aisrael at american.edu




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