by Jonathon Green, Dan Pearce · Orion · tapa dura · ISBN 9780304355143
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«The Big Book of Being Rude» is the compendium of insults and slang by Jonathon Green and Dan Pearce, published by Orion in hardcover (384 pages, in English).
Thousands of insulting expressions in English, historical and current. Includes hundreds of ways to call someone stupid, little-known terms for know-it-alls, egotists, flatterers and moaners, and politically incorrect expressions about physical, social and professional traits: lazy people, arrogant people, cowards or politicians.
The book, subtitled «7000 Slang Insults», belongs to Orion's Big Books collection and its material comes from the Cassell Dictionary of Slang, by Jonathon Green.
For readers with an interest in colloquial English and corrosive humor, and for those seeking cutting retorts.
Jonathon Green is an English lexicographer of slang and writer on the history of alternative cultures.
