A treasury of biting comebacks, insults, and sarcastic quips counsels readers on how to catch others off guard and get desired results.
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A treasury of biting comebacks, insults, and sarcastic quips counsels readers on how to catch others off guard and get desired results.
Author Lawrence Dorfman claims: "I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore." In this latest incarnation of his bestselling series, Dorfman is in delicious form, dishing it out without any real consequences. The sharp-witted buyer (and tha…
A treasury of biting comebacks, insults, and sarcastic quips counsels readers on how to catch others off guard and get desired results.
Author Lawrence Dorfman claims: I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore. (Okay, it was really Billy Idol.) In this latest incarnation of his bestselling (using the term loosely) series, Dorfman is in delicious form, dishing it out witho…
A collection of some of history's most celebrated wisecracks and humorous remarks by such names as Mark Twain, Mae West, and Groucho Marx.
A collection of some of history's most celebrated wisecracks and humorous remarks by such names as Mark Twain, Mae West, and Groucho Marx.
Examines the history of African American street rhyming and verbal combat in the insult game called "the dozens."
Following his groundbreaking explorations of the blues and American popular music in Escaping the Delta and How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll, Elijah Wald turns his attention to the tradition of African American street rhyming and verbal combat that ruled urban neighborhoo…
"At its simplest, the dozens is a comic concatenation of "yo' mama" jokes. At its most complex, it is a form of social interaction that reaches back to African ceremonial rituals. Whether considered vernacular poetry, verbal dueling, a test of street cool, or just a mess of dirt…
"At its simplest, the dozens is a comic concatenation of "yo' mama" jokes. At its most complex, it is a form of social interaction that reaches back to African ceremonial rituals. Whether considered vernacular poetry, verbal dueling, a test of street cool, or just a mess of dirt…
"At its simplest, the dozens is a comic concatenation of "yo' mama" jokes. At its most complex, it is a form of social interaction that reaches back to African ceremonial rituals. Whether considered vernacular poetry, verbal dueling, a test of street cool, or just a mess of dirt…