REVEALED: Academic uncovers the best long-lost British swear words
Published: 12:05, 24 November 2016
A language historian has revealed the best long-lost swear words from Britain - including nippy, tarse and wittol.
Dr Todd Gray MBE has spent years studying insults from history - and has published a list of some of the finest examples that have disappeared.
He unearthed more than 200 colourful vanished adjectives including “bald-arse” and “hollow-mouthed” - indicating a lack of teeth.