The Insult Dictionary by Julie Tibbott

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The Insult Dictionary by Julie Tibbott

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The Insult Dictionary by Julie Tibbott

This fun reference book contains insults ranging from Roman times and Shakespearean snipes to salty pirate-speak and Wild West zingers. You're sure to find an insult for everyone, be they a helminth or a swinge-buckler.

Do you long for the days when a jerk was a cad? Want to tell that swillbelly to clean up his table manners and that grumbling glump to stop whining? Would you like a way of saying simpleton that's not quite so simple--ninnyhammer, perhaps?

All this nastiness and more can be found in the pages of this fun reference book. With insults ranging from Roman times (lutum lenonium = filthy pimp) and Shakespearean snipes (I'm talking to you, you knotty-pated fool) to salty pirate-speak and Wild West zingers, you're sure to find an insult for everyone, be they a helminth (a parasite in Ancient Greece) or a swinge-buckler (an Elizabethan braggart).

Chapters are organized chronologically by historical period--Ancient Attacks, Medieval Madness, Edgy Elizabethans, Victorian Venom, Jazz Age Jibes, and Cold War Cuts--and include themed sidebars focusing on Pirate Put-Downs, Hobo Huffs, and Cowboy Curses, as well as samplers for words with many different sayings per period. Fun, a little bit lewd, and incredibly informative this is a must-read for humor fans, history buffs, armchair etymologists, and the most sneaping of breedbates.

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Tibbott, Julie: -

Julie Tibbott is an editor of teen fiction at a major publishing house. She lives on New York City's Lower East Side, once home to many organized crime syndicates, street gangs, and underground anarchists. She's not a member of any secret societies . . . or is she?

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ISBN 13 9781621450665
ISBN 10 162145066X
Title The Insult Dictionary
Author Julie Tibbott
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Reader's Digest Association
Year published 2013-04-18
Number of pages 174
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.