A totally up-to-date compendium of the sharpest, wittiest and downright rudest insults in human history
'He's 100% political herpes. Back in six months whatever you do. Or three days, like last time.' Camilla Long on Nigel Farage
'You're as ugly as a salad.' Bulgarian insult
'I'm going to beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.' Muhammed Ali
There's no pleasure like a perfectly turned put-down (when it's directed at somebody else, of course) but Matthew Parris's Scorn is sharply different from the standard collections. Here are the funniest, sharpest, rudest and most devastating insults in history, from ancient Roman graffiti to the battlefields of Twitter. ...
Paperback / 432 pages
Publication date: 02/11/2017
ISBN: 9781781257302
Imprint: Profile Books
Subject: Humour & Gift, Reference
