1940 P. Larkin letter 20 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 7: Am attempting to live on 8d a day till end of vacation. At present am 8½ to the bad. You see, beer is 8d a day.at to the bad under bad, n.
1940 P. Larkin letter 9 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 4: I suppose my writing is terrible. Sod & ballocks, anyway.at ballocks!, excl.
1940 P. Larkin letter 20 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 7: Balls to the war. Balls to a good many things, events, people, institutions.at balls to...! (excl.) under balls!, excl.
1940 P. Larkin letter 9 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 5: I have a drumming sensation at the back of my skull. My tooth still aches. Balls & anus!at balls!, excl.
1940 P. Larkin letter 20 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 5: The idea is that ‘trust in life’ idea that I vaguely said would take care of you if you did some violent act & released central control. In other words, if you chucked up the trouble and spanged back against the core.at chuck up, v.2
1940 P. Larkin letter 9 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 4: I suppose my writing is terrible. Sod & ballocks, anyway. Not to mention cunt & fuck.at cunt!, excl.
1940 P. Larkin letter 20 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 6: Poetry is nobody’s business except the poet’s & everybody else can fuck off (with a peculiar galloping motion.).at fuck off, v.
1940 P. Larkin letter 20 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 5: I’ve read all the interesting books I brought & feel generally shat upon.at shat on, adj.
1940 P. Larkin letter 9 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 3: Then we peed off, I lugging my suitcase that became unbearably heavy as the day wore on.at pee off (v.) under pee, v.
1940 P. Larkin letter 9 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 3: Pop was here on Saturday [...] bearing my (official) copy of/from ‘the Listener’ & a cheque for 2 gns.at pop, n.3
1940 P. Larkin letter 9 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 4: I suppose my writing is terrible. Sod & ballocks, anyway. Not to mention cunt & fuck.at sod it! (excl.) under sod, v.
1941 P. Larkin letter 10 Nov. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 25: I remember with envy the evenings we used to have about a year ago: certain percentage of creative arsing-about.at arse about (v.) under arse, v.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 16: What is truth? Balls. What is love? Shite.at balls, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 16 Sept. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 21: A bastard who can bastard well write bastard shit like that bastard well ought to be bastard well stuffed with broken glass, the bastard.at bastard-well (adv.) under bastard, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 15: Several workmen shat themselves with laughing so it must have looked funny. Bugger me.at bugger me! (excl.) under bugger, v.1
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 15: Cunt and bugger Oxford women. How can they help you?at bugger, v.1
1941 P. Larkin letter 16 Apr. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 12: Likewise, the ‘New Year Poem’ which I enclose too is buggering fine.at buggering, adj.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 17: These men are shit-pans, come-pots and toss-bottles.at come-pot (n.) under come, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 July in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 19: I go to Stratford Memorial Theatre every Saturday to see Shakespeare [...] I’m a vulture for culture in my own way.at culture-vulture, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 16 Apr. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 12: I think this is really bloody cunting fucking good.at cunting (adj.) under cunt, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 15: Several workmen shat themselves with laughing so it must have looked funny. Bugger me.at shit oneself, v.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 17: These men are shit-pans, come-pots and toss-bottles.at shit-pan (n.) under shit, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 16: What is truth? Balls. What is love? Shite.at shite, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 14: I am merely starting a letter to you, having 5 minutes ago stamped out of the Playhouse & a shitty play.at shitty, adj.1
1941 P. Larkin letter 16 Apr. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 11: This letter will be difficult to write on several counts. (a) this sodding vile pen.at sodding, adj.
1941 P. Larkin letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 17: These men are shit-pans, come-pots and toss-bottles.at tosspot, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 16 Apr. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 13: Pardon me if I appear to talk like an egotistical turd.at turd, n.
1941 P. Larkin letter 31 Dec. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 29: Whop! I’ve just been struck dead for blasphemy.at whop!, excl.
1942 P. Larkin letter 19 Sept. in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 44: I do just bugger all and tend to stagnate.at bugger all, n.
1942 P. Larkin letter 6 July in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 35: I awoke feeling the thumb of God in the small of my ballocks.at ballocks, n.