Thou Spleeny Swag-Bellied Miscreant: Create Your Own Shakespearean Insults

None of the questions asked about this "book" apply since it isn't a "story" book. It's a flip-type book divided into three segments. Two segments consist of 63 different adjectives in each and the third section is 63 nouns. You randomly flip each section to come up with assorted insults. It really gets me laughing and is an innocent way to tell someone what you really think of them...You fensucked, onion-eyed, bed swerver! Or maybe you'd prefer to be called a churlish, clay-brained, scullion. And there's nothing like being called a pernicious, knotty-pated, clackdish. People will be laughing too much to know they've been insulted. It's just a lot of fun.

I had originally planned to give this to my granddaughter, who is 11 and loves to trade creative insults with her uncle. They try to outdo each other with new vocabulary words. Then I realized that Shakespeare used some salacious language that is not appropriate for an 11-year old! But I purchased the book anyway ... for myself to enjoy. And maybe I can feed her a few adjectives and nouns to sling at her uncle!I recommend this book for people who love words. It's a clever format.

I love Shakespeare and when I need to insult someone but don't want to be vulgar, I use phrases from Sarah Royal's hilarious Shakespearean collection of zingers. Actually, if you rattle off one of Shakespeare's ever-most-brilliant lines, most people won't even know you've insulted them but YOU get to walk away with a grand sense of satisfaction without getting arrested for profanity in public. Too wonderful! AND you can flip the tri-cut pages in this sturdy little book to make your OWN concoctions! What could be better, you swag-bellied miscreant?

I bought this little book for my 15-year-old grandson. Yes, he thought it was kind of a gag ( it's a book, after all) but it did 2 things: First, gave him a way to "one up" his friends by using antique swear words (the Bard was very profane) so they wouldn't know they were being insulted) and second, it would improve his vocabulary. The only drawback to me was that there needed to be a short explanation of the meaning of each word, and maybe the etymology, which would have been helpful.

Very hilarious language if you can get the jest of what it is saying! Every word is silly and when you flip the pages together it gives a new unique way of describing our old worn out terms. Lots of insults to ponder and if you're lucky you will remember them for future appropriate moments.

Amazing resource - we're using it to curb foul language in our home. After all, there are more than a million English words - why not choose something creative when upset with one's sibling? This is our go-to-guide for those needs.

This is fun and gives you lots of ways to describe people. It does not have a plot nor characters. Rather it is split 3 ways, so that you can create your own insults a la Shakespeare.

This the best thing I've bought for fun in years. I bought it to give to a snarky friend for his birthday, and instead I kept it and have taken it to work with me for the lawyers to ham around with. We love it. I've ordered another one to give away. I may order two.

None of us have been able to keep a straight face whilst using one of these insults, this is such fun. The book is split into three sections, hanging from a spiral-bound spine. You then randomly turn over each section and come up with a three worded insult - different every time. The first two sections contain pronouns, with the third being the noun, for example: 'Milk-livered, Brassy Cullion' or 'Rank-scented, Flap-mouthed Miscreant'.Having discovered this at random, it has been purchased again and again and has been equally successfully received by teenagers, middle-aged and even the (more open-minded, sense of humoured) elderly. A wonderful way to vent some frustration without resorting to the crude language that is all too often bandied about these days.My only criticism would be the inability to stand the book up. I think the manufacturers/designers have really missed a trick here because it would be fun to have it standing on a desk or mantelpiece, rather like a page-a-day calendar; I am sure it would generate a great deal of conversation.That said, I would highly recommend it.

Hilarious! We all had great fun taking turns to 'insult' each other. It had everyone hooked from aged 6 to 60.

My daughter is a budding author and this book will help bring lots of laughter and comedy to her stories! Lots and lots of different combinations to have fun with.

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Would be better if it included definitions of the words but still very entertaining- great for the office!