Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Untranslatable Insults, Put-Downs, and Curses from Around the World

by Stephen Dodson and Robert Vanderplank

Book Overview

The most curious, funny, insightful, and expressive invectives from more than forty languages-fully illustrated, you miserable misokakku.

Misokkasu: Scum of soya paste. (Japanese) Tu es um borra-battos.: You s**t in your own boots. (Portugese) Like a fart in a trance.: A dreamy person who seems at a loss what to do. (Scottish) A pies ci morde lizal : Literally, a dog has licked your gob. (Polish) Prumphaensn.: Fartchicken. (Icelandic)

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399535063
• ISBN13: 9780399535062
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher