Roger's Profanisaurus
by Roger Mellie
Shares rank 11 of 15 reference books by recommenders
Recommended as a reference for British swearwords and vulgar euphemisms, and as a handy resource for naming projects. Readers find it more fun than Urban Dictionary.
Recommended as a reference for British swearwords and vulgar euphemisms, and as a handy resource for naming projects. Readers find it more fun than Urban Dictionary.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Useful for naming projects
“We keep a copy in the office to use for naming projects.”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Roget's Thesaurus” British view of swearwords
“for a British view of swearwords and vulgar euphemisms”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Green’s Dictionary of Slang - Five hundred years of the vulgar tongue” More fun than Urban Dictionary
“much more fun than the urban dictionary”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Roget's Thesaurus”
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| World Book Encyclopediaby World Book | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
| Roger's Profanisaurusby Roger MellieThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“much more fun than the urban dictionary”
“We keep a copy in the office to use for naming projects.”
“for a British view of swearwords and vulgar euphemisms”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.