▁normally . ▁Then ▁as ▁one ▁read ▁further ▁on ▁one ▁found ▁the ▁words ▁lost ▁that ▁shock . ▁They ▁were ▁being ▁progress ively ▁pur ified ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁used . ▁We ▁have ▁no ▁word ▁in ▁English ▁for ▁this ▁act ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁either ▁a ▁long ▁abstra ction ▁or ▁an ▁ev as ive ▁eu ph em ism , ▁and ▁we ▁are ▁constantly ▁running ▁away ▁from ▁it , ▁or ▁dissol ving ▁into ▁d ots , ▁at ▁a ▁passage ▁like ▁that . ▁He ▁wanted ▁to ▁say , ▁' This ▁is ▁what ▁one ▁does . ▁In ▁a ▁simple , ▁ordinary ▁way , ▁one ▁f uck s ,' ▁with ▁no ▁sn igger ing ▁or ▁d irt ." ▁ ▁Cross - ex am ining ▁for ▁the ▁pro sec ution , ▁Griff ith - J ones ▁purs ued ▁Hog gart ' s ▁previous ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁" high ly ▁virt uous ▁if ▁not ▁pur itan ical ". ▁" I ▁thought ▁I ▁had ▁lived ▁my ▁life ▁under ▁a ▁mis app reh ension ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁' pur itan ical '. ▁Will ▁you ▁please ▁help ▁me ?" ▁" Yes , ▁many ▁people ▁do ▁live ▁their ▁lives ▁under ▁a ▁mis app reh ension ▁of ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁' pur itan ical '. ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁way ▁in ▁which ▁language ▁dec ays . ▁In ▁England ▁today ▁and ▁for ▁a ▁long ▁time ▁the ▁word ▁' pur itan ical ' ▁has ▁been ▁extended ▁to ▁mean ▁somebody ▁who ▁is ▁against ▁anything ▁which ▁is ▁ple as urable , ▁particularly ▁sex . ▁The