The Insult Dictionary
Author | : Outlet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1988-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780517390993 |
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Author | : Outlet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1988-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780517390993 |
Author | : Julie Tibbott |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2013-04-18 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1621450678 |
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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Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1966 |
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Publisher | : Passport Books |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1981-01-01 |
Genre | : Invective |
ISBN | : 9780524910139 |
Author | : Wolfe Publishing Ltd |
Publisher | : Wolfe Publishing (SC) |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
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Author | : Ntc Publishing Group |
Publisher | : Passport Books |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1983-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780844291017 |
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Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1968 |
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Author | : Peter Novobatzky |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2001-06-09 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1429979003 |
At last, a compendium of ingeniously insulting words for every occasion. For anyone who's been stymied by the level of sloth, bad looks and low intelligence of his fellow man (and woman), help is on the way. You can't change the tiresome creatures around you, but now you can describe them behind their backs with pleasing specificity. Yes, Insulting English is a user's guide to little-known and much-needed words that include: Gubbertush: Buck-toothed person Hogminny: A depraved young woman Nihilarian: Person with a meaningless job Pursy: Fat and short of breath Scombroid: Resembling a mackerel Tumbrel: A person who is drunk to the point of vomiting These and many other gems from our colorful mother tongue are collected on these pages. Now every gink, knipperdollin, and grizely dunderwhelp can be called by his rightful name.
Author | : Orion Publishing Group, Limited |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Invective |
ISBN | : 9780706358261 |
Author | : Jack Lynch |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2009-05-26 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0802719341 |
Lackbrain, oysterwench, wantwit, clotpoll--Samuel Johnson's famous dictionary of 1755 contained some of the ripest insults in the English language. In Samuel Johnson's Insults, Jack Lynch has compiled more than 300 of the curmudgeonly lexicographer's mightiest barbs, along with definitions only the master himself could elucidate. Word lovers will delight in flexing their linguistic muscles with devilishly descriptive vituperations that pack a wicked punch. Many of these zingers have long lain dormant. Some have even come close to extinction. Now they're back in all their prickly glory, ready to be relished once more.