Scarlet Letter

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A horrific torture device devised by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850. Since then, English teachers across America have been using it to mentally maim their students, as this book can cause brain anuerisms and seizures within five minutes of reading. The only *human being* that has ever finished the book without damaging himself is Chuck Norris. Urban Dictionary

The reason why the national high school drop out rate is so high. The book borders on the topics of guilt, religion, and fucking. Most English teachers percieve this book to be a literary treasure chest, hence why the English department is usually targeted first when students go on homicidal rampages. Urban Dictionary

A horrible book written by American author Nathaninel Hawthorne. One is forced to ask, why is this book considered in any way, shape or form, a good book, especially when one considers that at the same time, geniuses such as Fyodor Dostievsky were writing their works. Even in American literature of the time one can take such examples as Thoreau and Emerson and wonder, why on earth is this book considered good? Urban Dictionary

A visible symbol of something you have done wrong and regretted, or a stigma of a past mistake you made that follows you. Urban Dictionary

Jailbait. A hot underage girl. Urban Dictionary

Most... boring... book... ever, by Nathaniel Hawthorne I guarantee you, you won't be able to stay interested long enough to read just five sentences of this piece of shit. It's nothing but paragraphs that are one page long, talking about a bunch of crap that you can't understand, which leaves you thinking "ok.. now where the hell is all the fun stuff?" Urban Dictionary

A forbidden woman; someone with a shady past who is ostracized from the community. From the book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter. Urban Dictionary

A famous book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne that deals with Puritan beliefs. The main character is a woman named Hester who has a baby, is accused of adultry, and is forced to wear a red letter, "A" on her clothes, so everyone in the town knows she's a skank. Highschoolers are forced to read this book. Only God knows why. At first, the book seams alright. The plot seams interesting enough, because it deals with sex and suspence, but when you start reading it you have to keep your eyes open with clothes pins to avoid falling asleep. Also known as, the most overrated and dissapointing book of all time. Urban Dictionary

A boring book most highschoolers are forced to read. Written in the 1700's, and is completely irrelevant now. Urban Dictionary

The Scarlet Letter is the worst fricken book ever that our dumbass teachers make us read because they are retarded and like ruining our lives. Urban Dictionary

Words that sound like scarlet letter:
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