Watch Your F*cking Language: How to swear effectively, explained in explicit detail and enhanced by numerous examples taken from everyday life

Great gag gift for my author wife.The laughs she got when opening this were well worth the price.And all in all - it really is quite useful if you need a thesaurus of cuss words, or information on how to use them effectively. Great tool for author (and a great laugh).

This is a book which has a funny approach on everyday language. Words and sentences that once seemed to have no sense at all are now explained. While the meaning of these expressions might be widely known for native speakers, it is a good reference for foreigners who are willing to excel in English language, even in its weirdest senses. Beware that you can't go saying everything you read on this book to anybody anywhere if your intention is to be polite...

This was a fun bathroom book to read. It also taught me a lot about the origin of some curse words. Fanfrickin'tastic!

This was a great gag gift at a cops retirement party. Everyone got a kick out of it.

I was hoping for more...but still a decent read. That is really all I have to say but there is a minimum word count.

Good book !

My friend laughed when he saw me order this but it is really useful.

There were some nuggets of awesomeness throughout what was largely a mediocre - and relatively nasty - book. After having read his first book, I expected this one to expand in a good direction...i.e. creative and magnificent swearing. Well, it did expand, but mostly in areas related to crass & vulgar slang for various body parts and sexual acts. THAT might be "swearing," but I'm more inclined to call it nasty language. A good swear does not make you throw up a little in your mouth at the mental picture it creates. If done well, it is magnificent to the point of awe, and should rightly elicit a response of "WOW!" or utter speechlessness. The tripe that Sterling Johnson discusses in this book is for people who can do no better than parrot gross language about their anatomy and bodily functions.This was (again) a great idea executed very poorly. It's base...and gross...and except for the occasional goodie, mostly definitely not funny. Especially...ESPECIALLY...if you have read the likes of Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, and myriad other phenomenal authors, whose awe-inspiring swears are worthy of any top ten list. Listen to George Carlin, a man who could swear with enviable ease. There are certainly others, but Sterling Johnson is most assuredly not among them.

Fand es damals ganz lustig, mir etwas Slang anzugewöhnen und habe mich daher für dieses Buch entschieden.Ich besitze es noch, aber es reichte nur zum Überfliegen.Am Ende eine kurze und nette Unterhaltung.

Il libro è brevissimo, e non rispecchia le mie aspettative. Mi aspettavo qualcosa che spiegasse meglio come sono nati e quando vengono usati i vari modi di insultare o bestemmiare in lingua inglese. Spesso li sento nei film o nelle serie tv, ma non sempre capisco la pesantezza o cosa voglia in realtà dire l'insulto. Purtroppo questo libro parla di tutt'altro, tant'è che neanche lo ricordo...

Slightly disappointed with this. Less clever and witty than claimed (though that's obviously very subjective) and I hadn't realized it was American and so much less relevant than it might have been.