Dear Professor Fuck,
I’M HOPING you can assist with this question that has driven me to constipation for the last 2 weeks. Is there a word or phrase for the acts of sneezing and sharting at the same time?
Ivor Gotpiles, Edinburgh
Indeed, there are several listed in Roger’s Profanisaurus: War & Piss (Dennis, £20 or so, but it doesn’t appear to be in print last time we looked), for example: “gesundsheit n. Ger. A simultaneous, albeit unintentional, sneeze and brown trout in the trousers. A cause for congratulations in Germany, that is.” (p241); “shnit v. onomat. To sneeze so violently that one loses control of one’s rectum. Normally occurring when the pollen count is high and one has overindulged in spicy provender the night before. ‘Oh dear, I do declare I…
