{"product_id":"insult-dictionary-book-julie-tibbott-9781621450665","title":"The Insult Dictionary","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDo 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49600026411281,"sku":"GOR011170816","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49865164488977,"sku":"CIN162145066XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51333345509649,"sku":"CIN162145066XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/162145066X.jpg?v=1751452332","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/insult-dictionary-book-julie-tibbott-9781621450665","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}