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invective

Lexicon of musical invective

By Nicolas Slonimsky

The snark handbook

By Lawrence Dorfman

The art of satire

By David Worcester

The gentle art of verbal self-defense

By Suzette Haden Elgin

Abusive Mouths in Classical Athens

By Nancy Worman

The art of satire

By David Worcester

Viva la repartee

By Mardy Grothe

Sticks and Stones

By Jerome Neu

Shakespeare's Insults

By William Shakespeare,Wayne F. Hill,Cynthia J. Ottchen

Encyclopedia of Swearing

By Geoffrey Hughes

Awa'An'Bile Yer Heid!

By David Ross,Rupert Besley

Snark

By David Denby

Emperors and bishops in late Roman invective

By Richard Flower

Ditelo con gli insulti

By Marco Zanni

Stiff Upper Lips and Baggy Green Caps

By Simon Briggs

Slang and euphemism

By Richard A. Spears

Making hostile words harmless

By Kate Cohen-Posey

On Invectives in Natural Language

By Agnieszka Grzasko

How to be really funny

By Mark Stolzenberg

Victory over verbal abuse

By Patricia Evans

Comic Invective in Ancient Greek and Roman Oratory

By Sophia Papaioannou,Andreas Serafim

Insults Aren't Funny

By Amanda F. Doering

Doug's big comeback

By Nancy E. Krulik

Cassell Dictionary of Insulting Quotations

By Jonathon Green