All 7 Uses
perversion
in
The Glass Castle
(Edited)
- "It's a goddamn perversion of nature," he'd say.
p. 44.6perversion = the conversion of something so it is not what it should be
- The neighborhood also had its share of perverts.
p. 102.5perverts = people who like sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
- Pervert! I yelled and kicked at the man's hand. Brian came running into the room with a hatchet he kept by his bed, and the man bolted out the door.
p. 103.3 *pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable or illegal by society
- We decided we had been Pervert Hunting, which was just like Demon Hunting except the enemy was real and dangerous instead of being the product of a kid's overactive imagination.
p. 103.6pervert = of someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
- He and Brian and I went out on a serious Pervert Hunt.
p. 103.7
- And every now and then, when Brian and I were feeling revved up, he'd get a machete and I'd get a baseball bat and we'd go Pervert Hunting, clearing the streets of the creeps who preyed on kids.
p. 103.9
- "She's a pervert!"
p. 147.1pervert = someone who likes sexual practices considered unacceptable by society
Definitions:
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(1)
(perversion) the conversion of something so it is not what it should be -- especially a sexual practice considered unacceptable by society
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)