{"product_id":"9781911026303","title":"The History of Insults: Over 100 put-downs, slights, and snubs through the ages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory lessons have never been so hilarious thanks to this collection of insults through the ages—the targets of your barrage of vintage invective won't know what's hit them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver wanted to “air the lungs (1)” like a cowboy or dreamed of channeling the wit of Shakespeare to deliver that killer put-down to an Elizabethan fustilarian (2)? Are you too much of a Medieval scobberlotcher (3) to realize this ambition? Well, you’re in luck because \u003ci\u003eThe History of Insults\u003c\/i\u003e has some of the finest put-downs of all time—starting with the Ancient Romans and Greeks and working through the centuries to the Jazz Age. This means you can dish out the best burns to bacon-fed bell swaggers (4) to your heart’s content. As they used to say in 19th-century London, “It’s more than enough to make a stuffed bird laugh!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(1) Swear; (2) Scoundrel; (3) Lazy person; (4) Fat, loudmouth bullies\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryland Peters \u0026 Small","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064323457264,"sku":"9781911026303","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911026303_p0.jpg?v=1763783410","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911026303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}