This book tosses aside fluffy new age sensitivity in favour of embracing your inner wolverine. It explores the subtleties of each topic, including gender differences, word histories, and dangerous double meanings. Chapters include how to teach assertive language to a child, put-downs by and for each gender, put-downs for the office, and how to handle courtship. It is filled with boxes, legal disclaimers, and etymology, it's naughty, but very funny.
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"The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion: Lady Snark's Guide to Common Discourtesy" by A.C. Kemp contains lessons on using ten-dollar words to confuse and insult people. It's a humorous question-and-answer back-and-forth of what happens when high and low culture meet, with quizzes, example sentences, and smart-aleck remarks. -- Public radio's A Way With Words, March, 2008
We're likely the sort alpha-individuals refer to, smirkingly, as a "meek-voiced door-mat." Yes, someone said this to us once. It was awful! Our insides were quaking, and yet we were unable to properly defend ourselves! But it doesn't have to be that way. Help has arrived, friends, and we are delighted to share the news. In this week's fishwrap, we wrote about Lady Arabella Snark's (a/k/a A.C Kemp -- writer, slang expert, and MIT lecturer) The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion. Basically, the book is our NEW BIBLE, and that's not something we admit to lightly. Particularly when our Jewish mom is maybe reading this. -- The Boston Phoenix March, 2008
We're likely the sort alpha-individuals refer to, smirkingly, as a "meek-voiced door-mat." Yes, someone said this to us once. It was awful! Our insides were quaking, and yet we were unable to properly defend ourselves! But it doesn't have to be that way. Help has arrived, friends, and we are delighted to share the news. In this week's fishwrap, we wrote about Lady Arabella Snark's (a/k/a A.C Kemp -- writer, slang expert, and MIT lecturer) The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion. Basically, the book is our NEW BIBLE, and that's not something we admit to lightly. Particularly when our Jewish mom is maybe reading this. -- The Boston Phoenix March, 2008
About the Author
For nearly a decade, linguist and teacher A.C. Kemp has been helping the public understand American slang, both on the Web and in the classroom. In 2002, she created SlangCity.com, a project that draws on her skills in writing, researching, marketing, and Web design. The website has won numerous awards, and has been recommended by such diverse sources as the Daily Mirror, and Writer's Digest.
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Snarkalicious,
By Medievalia "Medievalia" (Boston, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion (Paperback)
An artful and humorous take on society, language and manners--as well as ample advice for a carefully considered jab to the social solar plexus. Author AC Kemp manages to pay homage to the best nineteenth-century etiquette guides while also giving an instructive and amusing tour of slang, insults, and the art of the backhanded compliment through the character of Lady Snark. Socialites, beware!
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Snarkily, sarcastically, and wittily,
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This very cute book would be a perfect stocking stuffer for someone who suffers from the dreaded Always Nice syndrome.
How to handle a pointed comment about well you look for your old, old age: "Thank you....I wish I could say the same" (p 115). You will learn how to handle the bimbo who is stealing your husband. How to deal with the bully in your classroom. And how to deal with the drunk in your Christmas party.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Smart AND funny,
By WordLover (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Perfect Insult for Every Occasion (Paperback)
This is a funny book of edginess and insults, wrapped around an insightful book about the way we use language. Highly recommended both for laughs and "aha" moments...
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