What do you think?
Rate this book
The Wicked Wit of Insults
"I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me." —John Cleese
"A senescent bimbo with a lust for home furnishings." —Barbara Ehrenreich on Nancy Reagan
"He plays four-and-a-half-hour sets. That's torture. Does he hate his audiences?" —John Lydon on Bruce Springsteen
"I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away." —Nancy Mitford
Are you stuck for a cutting put-down, at a loss for a witty riposte, or just plain tongue-tied? This hilarious compendium of jibes, taunts, and slurs will equip you with a wealth of insults and witty comebacks for every occasion. With an assortment of quotations from great writers, philosophers, actors, and politicians on all subjects from relationships to religion, this book ensures against a lack of derogatory remark or defamatory insult for any situation.
"A senescent bimbo with a lust for home furnishings." —Barbara Ehrenreich on Nancy Reagan
"He plays four-and-a-half-hour sets. That's torture. Does he hate his audiences?" —John Lydon on Bruce Springsteen
"I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away." —Nancy Mitford
Are you stuck for a cutting put-down, at a loss for a witty riposte, or just plain tongue-tied? This hilarious compendium of jibes, taunts, and slurs will equip you with a wealth of insults and witty comebacks for every occasion. With an assortment of quotations from great writers, philosophers, actors, and politicians on all subjects from relationships to religion, this book ensures against a lack of derogatory remark or defamatory insult for any situation.
- GenresFemale Authors
256 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2008
2 people are currently reading
22 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
December 17, 2020
Okay, hear me out. I wont recommend you to read this unless you really are interested to know how to insult people in a creative way 😂😂. I read this because the last book ive read was heavy and i just needed to read some funny book before i go back to read some serious stuff. The book is divided into 13 broad sections from Nations, Music, Arts, Media and so on. I have to be frank that if you are easily get offended about your country and religion, then skip the first and second chapter. As for the other chapters, it was quite decent unless you are the subject matter in the insult. Then, you might feel hurt by it. I did list few of my favorites or the one that are so memorable even after i have read other pages.
.
.
1. Nations
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. - Arnold toynbee
2. Relationships
Love, in present day society, is just the exchange of 2 momentary desires and the contact of 2 skins. - Nicholas sebastien chamfort
3. Religion
If you talk to God, you are praying ; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. - Thomas Szasz
4. Politics
It is a pity as my husband says that more politicians are not bastards by birth instead of vocation. - Katherine Whitehorn
5. Professions : Legal and general
Consultants are people who borrow your watch to tell you the time and then walk off with it. - Robert Townsend
6. Music
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. - Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
7. Dramatic Arts : Theatre and Cinema
Hollywood is where the stars twinkle, then wrinkle. - Victor Mature
8. Media : Television, Radio and Journalism
Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. - Rebecca Space
9. Fine Art and literature
What is a writer but a schmuck with a typewriter. - Jack Warner
10. Inflammatory
Children should neither be seen nor heard from ever again. - W. C. Fields
11. Sport
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles - G. K. Chesterton
12. Sex Symbols
This man has child bearing lips. - Joan rivers on Mick Jagger
13. Throw Away Lines
If your IQ were any lower, you’d trip over it. - Anon
The only thing you took up in school was space. - Anon
You are the kind of person who lights up a room by leaving it. - Anon
.
.
My only criticism of this book is that it was too short and zero explanation on why these insults exist. I would have appreciate it more if there a little fun fact or trivia all on some pages to provide extra details to the book.
.
.
1. Nations
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. - Arnold toynbee
2. Relationships
Love, in present day society, is just the exchange of 2 momentary desires and the contact of 2 skins. - Nicholas sebastien chamfort
3. Religion
If you talk to God, you are praying ; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. - Thomas Szasz
4. Politics
It is a pity as my husband says that more politicians are not bastards by birth instead of vocation. - Katherine Whitehorn
5. Professions : Legal and general
Consultants are people who borrow your watch to tell you the time and then walk off with it. - Robert Townsend
6. Music
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. - Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
7. Dramatic Arts : Theatre and Cinema
Hollywood is where the stars twinkle, then wrinkle. - Victor Mature
8. Media : Television, Radio and Journalism
Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. - Rebecca Space
9. Fine Art and literature
What is a writer but a schmuck with a typewriter. - Jack Warner
10. Inflammatory
Children should neither be seen nor heard from ever again. - W. C. Fields
11. Sport
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles - G. K. Chesterton
12. Sex Symbols
This man has child bearing lips. - Joan rivers on Mick Jagger
13. Throw Away Lines
If your IQ were any lower, you’d trip over it. - Anon
The only thing you took up in school was space. - Anon
You are the kind of person who lights up a room by leaving it. - Anon
.
.
My only criticism of this book is that it was too short and zero explanation on why these insults exist. I would have appreciate it more if there a little fun fact or trivia all on some pages to provide extra details to the book.
August 27, 2024
I didn't buy this book, but I demand a refund.
December 11, 2021
I have read a few collections of quotes before. This is now one of those I have read.
There is nothing particularly new here and some of the quotes are not particularly insulting. It is what I describe as a toilet book as it can be read in small doses. Which would usually be enough.
There are also a few well known quotes that have been changed from the original and typos in a few more.
It is not possible for me to recommend this book as there are many quote websites that will serve the same purpose. These are usually full of misattribution but no better or worse than using this book.
There is nothing particularly new here and some of the quotes are not particularly insulting. It is what I describe as a toilet book as it can be read in small doses. Which would usually be enough.
There are also a few well known quotes that have been changed from the original and typos in a few more.
It is not possible for me to recommend this book as there are many quote websites that will serve the same purpose. These are usually full of misattribution but no better or worse than using this book.
June 27, 2018
some witty
some dank
some dank
May 6, 2019
The odd funny quote. But if I'm honest, the best ones were in the final chapter. I feel like this would have been a better compilation were it more like the random insults and jokes of the final chapter, as some of the others were pretty dull, or required you knowing the people involved, which was kind of irritating for a silly, fun book of quotes. So yeah, not that impressed. Glad I only paid 75p for it!
June 27, 2020
I am sorry but this compilation is utter sh**e.
Glad I only paid £1.50 for it.
Glad I only paid £1.50 for it.
July 30, 2008
Found this in the remainders bin. One of the sample insults on the cover says "I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away," which is truly funny.
It's a so-so compilation, but with bright spots.
It's a so-so compilation, but with bright spots.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews