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In the English language, swearing is essential to effective communication. In this hilarious and illuminating guide, you will learn just how to do it, no f*cking problem.
Whether you want to succeed in business, school, or social circles, a strong command of vocabulary is absolutely necessary. Just imagine a stranger to our shores, trying to comprehend the following conversation:
John: Mary, would you like to attend the opera this evening?
Mary:...
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At a young age, author Jerome K. Jerome found a hobby that he was extremely skilled at, and very passionate about-idleness. He was thrilled at the amount of time he could waste doing nothing, frustrating those around him. However, when Jerome falls ill and is ordered to bedrest, this hobby is tested. Then, he learns that doing nothing is only fun when you have other commitments. This relatable sentiment is explored in the title essay of Idle Thoughts...
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Correct grammar and proper spelling can be a challenge, and their absence can be a source of gleeful humor to everyone but the victim of a bad grammar attack. How do you react to sandwich boards, road signs, laminated instructions, and other written missives that are just not exactly what their creator meant? If you've ever (gently) judged anyone else for their linguistic failures, if you find yourself guffawing about the frequent confusion between...
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This book is for people who experience heartbreak over love notes with subject-verb disagreements...for anyone who's ever considered hanging up the phone on people who pepper their speech with such gems as "irregardless," "expresso," or "disorientated"...and for the earnest souls who wonder if it's "Woe is Me," or "Woe is I," or even "Woe am I."
Martha Brockenbrough's Things That Make Us (Sic) is a laugh-out-loud guide to grammar and language, a...
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A is for anonymous (who's the one who farted?) B is for bloated (watch out...coming soon!) F IS FOR FLATULENCE and... H IS FOR HILARIOUS! You've never seen an ABC book like this before! It's the wickedest, wackiest alphabet ever, all centered around the sound and smell of that always uproarious, occasionally uncontrollable bodily function: the fart. Colorful classic cartoons-including an ever-present ominous green, gassy cloud-bring out all the entertaining...
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A is for Alphabet…because you probably need a refresher. If you're not laughing by the end of this book…well, you're probably slower than molasses on a cold day. Or maybe you're just as sharp as a cue ball. But the rest of us sure will find plenty of guffaws in this side-splittingly uproarious ABC, which takes comic aim at the redneck lifestyle. It's got 26 letters (yes, that's how many there are) worth of fun, all illustrated with hilarious...
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MORE missspellings! MORE badder grammar! MORE than 150 photos of laugh-out-loud funny signs from the creators of the smash-hit book (and Facebook group) I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar.
After the success of her first hilarious collection of poorly worded signs-and with 430,000 members on her Facebook page-Sharon Eliza Nichols returns with an all-new assortment of the most ungrammatical, outrageous, and ridiculous mistakes ever put into print....
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Gareth Carrol presents a collection of "modern idioms", which have become a part of our vocabulary in the past 50 years or so. In most cases, idioms such as "raining cats and dogs", that colour our everyday communication, are deeply rooted in culture and history. However, just like words, new idioms emerge in language, and many have entered our vocabulary through, TV, movies, and the internet. These modern idioms can be dated very precisely. Jumping...
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From the popular blog, a hilarious and horrifying survey of quotation mark abuse in all its forms.
From the sarcastic to the suggestive, here are quotation marks as we love them best, doing horrible damage to the English language. Who wouldn't have second thoughts about ordering the "hamburger" on the diner's menu? Would it be best to skip the "blowout" sale at the department store? What hidden price must be paid for something marked "free"?...
From the sarcastic to the suggestive, here are quotation marks as we love them best, doing horrible damage to the English language. Who wouldn't have second thoughts about ordering the "hamburger" on the diner's menu? Would it be best to skip the "blowout" sale at the department store? What hidden price must be paid for something marked "free"?...
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Distory: A Treasury of Historical Insults is a hilarious collection of insulting historical quotations in the vein of The Portable Curmudgeon that will have history buffs and readers of humor books in stitches. Full of lively quips, jabs, jaunts and put downs by and about notable figures, it covers all epochs of mostly Western history. Schnakenberg has collected more than 600 historical insults into this first collection of its kind.
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"A...
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In a surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers to “The Daily Telegraph” have once again provided their refreshing and witty take on events. Now in its twelfth year, this new edition of the bestselling series is a review of the year made up of the wry and astute observations of the unpublished Telegraph letter writers.
Readers of the “Telegraph...
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"I'm not hanging noodles on your ears." In Moscow, this curious, engagingly colorful assertion is common parlance, but unless you're Russian your reaction is probably "Say what?" The same idea in English is equally odd: "I'm not pulling your leg." Both mean: Believe me.
As author Jag Bhalla demonstrates, these amusing, often hilarious phrases provide a unique perspective on how different cultures perceive and describe the world. Organized by theme-food,...
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In another surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers to The Daily Telegraph have once again provided their refreshing and witty take on events.
Now in its fourteenth year, this new edition of the best-selling series is a review of the year made up of the wry and astute observations of the unpublished Telegraph letter writers.
Readers of the Telegraph...
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In a surreal and unprecedented year in which even the most seasoned commentators have struggled to keep pace with the news cycle, letter writers to “The Daily Telegraph” have once again provided their refreshing and witty take on events.
Now in its thirteenth year, this new edition of the bestselling series is a review of the year made up of the wry and astute observations of the unpublished Telegraph letter writers.
Readers of the “Telegraph...
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This book brings together a collection of scholars whose work is leading the field of political entertainment studies, and yet it crosses methodological divides to do so, with quantitative and critical/cultural perspectives both represented. Indeed, each author worked as a part of a pair, addressing a similar topic as a colleague from across the divide. The result is a series of essays that add to and move beyond the state of political entertainment...
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As a novelist, memoirist, and associate director of the New York State Summer Writers Institute, Amy Wallen has a few things to say about the writing world, many of them irreverent and snarky. From her perspective as a teacher, mentor, and published author, her belief is that the way to survive the hard knocks of writing a book and trying to get published is to bust a gut working, laughing, and eating pie.
With chapters including "Oh Agent, Where...
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Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in France's everyday language-from common words for meeting and greeting to colorful insults.
Sipping a café au lait at a sidewalk bistro...
Getting down at Paris's hottest club...
Cheering on Les Bleus at the stadium...
Packed with slang words, phrases and expressions not found in any textbook, this fun-to-read handbook teaches the casual, everyday language heard in the cafes, bars, and...
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Next time you're chattin' with your khaverim (friends) and mishpukheh (family), bust out some Yiddish expressions that'll liven up the conversation.
Nothing is censored in “Dirty Yiddish”. It includes phrases for any situation, so readers have enough chutzpah (balls) to tell the local deli that they've waited long enough for their knish, and explicit swear words crude enough to shock Bubby and everyone else at the Passover seder. There's even...
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Welcome to Susanna Janssen's wondrous world of words. In Wordstruck! you'll find a wealth of entertaining reflections on language full of humor, imagination, and insight. Anything goes, from the genius of Shakespeare to the unintentional hilarity of linguistic faux pas; from musings on the bilingual brain to the poignant humor of her "Life in Words"; from translations gone riotously bad to English learners tortured by our mother tongue's inconstant...
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Navigate every situation in modern life with eloquence and grace with this curated list of words featuring witty analysis of their origins, meanings and practical applications.
In “On the Tip of My Tongue”, logophile and television star Tom Read Wilson takes a delicious dive into the etymology and usage of all kinds of words, euphemisms and bon mots. Divided into sections spanning dating, personal development, show business, compliments, curses,...
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