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.
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?
| SKU | Unavailable |
| 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. |
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