Venerable Venery

Authors

Richard E. Douglass

Abstract

If you thumb through your standard deskside dictionary, you may be shocked to learn that venery is a euphemistic term describing coital commerce.

To stem any blazing tide of flaming pens charging us with smut, sensationalism, prurience and suchlike, let us assure you that our topic concerns another -- wholly respectable -- interpretation of the word.

Recommended Citation

Douglass, Richard E. (1980) "Venerable Venery," Word Ways: Vol. 13 : Iss. 3 , Article 5.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol13/iss3/5