{"id":3200,"date":"2011-10-26T00:57:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T07:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/10\/you-fargin-sneaky-books-im-gonna-take-your-dwork-im-gonna-nail-it-to-the-wall-im-gonna-crush-your-boils-in-a-meat-grinder-im-gonna-cut-off-your-arms-im-gonna-shove-em-up-your-iceh\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T01:10:46","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T08:10:46","slug":"you-fargin-sneaky-books-im-gonna-take-your-dwork-im-gonna-nail-it-to-the-wall-im-gonna-crush-your-boils-in-a-meat-grinder-im-gonna-cut-off-your-arms-im-gonna-shove-em-up-your-iceh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/26\/you-fargin-sneaky-books-im-gonna-take-your-dwork-im-gonna-nail-it-to-the-wall-im-gonna-crush-your-boils-in-a-meat-grinder-im-gonna-cut-off-your-arms-im-gonna-shove-em-up-your-iceh\/","title":{"rendered":"You fargin&#8217; sneaky book titles. I&#8217;m gonna take your dwork &#8211; I&#8217;m gonna nail it to the wall. I&#8217;m gonna crush your boils in a meat grinder. I&#8217;m gonna cut off your arms &#8211; I&#8217;m gonna shove &#8217;em up your icehole. Dirty sonanumbatches."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/books\/news\/story\/2011-11-02\/profane-book-titles\/50941958\/1\" target=\"_blank\">from USA Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Profanity is making a splash in book titles<\/h1>\n<p>By Deirdre Donahue<\/p>\n<p>Publishing used to be a gentleman&#8217;s profession. But the trend of using profanity in titles \u2014 already common in pop songs and even on Broadway \u2014 has now spread to books.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4EO4nYqAOfM\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/center>In the past year there have been three songs on <em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s Hot 100 chart with the f-word in the title.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/topics\/topic\/People\/Celebrities\/Comedians\/Chris+Rock\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Rock<\/a>\u00a0starred in the Broadway play\u00a0<em>The Mother&#8212;&#8212; With the Hat<\/em>. And now publishing is awash with best sellers whose unprintable titles are, for the most part, being coyly disguised by asterisks and other symbols over select vowels on the jackets. They include:<em>\u2022S&#8212; My Dad Says<\/em>\u00a0by Justin Halpern. Originally a Twitter feed, the book became a CBS series that was canceled in May. It peaked at No. 9 on USA TODAY&#8217;s Best-Selling Books list.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022A&#8212;&#8212;- Finish First<\/em>\u00a0by Tucker Max. Peaked at No. 14.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022Go the &#8212;- to Sleep<\/em>\u00a0by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortes, a parody of a children&#8217;s book directed at adults. Peaked at No. 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Out this week:\u00a0<em>If You Give a Kid a Cookie, Will He Shut the &#8212;- Up?<\/em>\u00a0($14.99) by Marcy Roznick, a parody, aimed at adults, of the 1985 children&#8217;s book\u00a0<em>If You Give a Mouse a Cookie&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/\">click to continue reading at USA Today<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from USA Today Profanity is making a splash in book titles By Deirdre Donahue Publishing used to be a gentleman&#8217;s profession. But the trend of using profanity in titles \u2014 already common in pop songs and even on Broadway \u2014 has now spread to books. 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