l provided by several native
  informants.
   The compilers of the present work have attempted to
  avoid strictly dialectal forms, but have included some
  archaic words. It is intended simply as a defining dictionary
  : those who use it for the purpose of building an active
  vocabulary do so at their own risk. Determining exactly how
  obscense a given word is frequently presented some
  difficulty. As a matter of prinsiple, words which are
  included (in their "vulgar" sense) in the four-volume Slovar'
  russkogo jazyka (Akademija nauk SSSR, institut
  jazykovedenija, Moskva, 1957-1961) are exluded.
   The compilers are painfully aware of the inadequacy of
  this first, preliminary edition of A Short Dictionary of
  Russian Obscenities, but feel that it will serve a useful
  purpose in the absence of any equivalent work. They will be
  grateful for any critisizm of content or form. Indeed, it is
  their fervent hope that the present work will stimulate an
  interest in this neglected facet of Russian