Table of Contents

1. Quiz 2. The Charge Of The Spite Brigade - Classic Quotes - Modern Celebrity Quotes - They're So Mean They Get A Whole List 3. We are Family - Parental Put Downs - The Kids Strike Back 4. The Whole World's A Stage - Say It In A Song - Fillm And Theatre Reviews - Heckler Stoppers - Great Sit-Com Lines 5. Did They Really Say That - Inadvertent Put-Downs - Backhanded Compliments - Kindly Put-Downs 6. The Word On The Street - Slang and Colloquial - Overheard - Website Insults 7. After The Love Has Gone - Dating Insults - Parting Shots 8. School Daze - School Reports of The Rich And Famous - School Reports of The Non-Famous 9. The World of Work - Job Rejections - Stories From The Workplace 10. Love Thy Neighbour - Global Observations - International Curses 11. Political - George W Bush - General 12. Sporting 13. New To The Language 14. A - Z of Putdowns

About the Author

Ruth Graham's first career was as a stand-up comic, where the early days of mass-rejection helped shape the tongue-in-cheek wry outlook that now defines her writing. Her other exploits have included everything from working on cruise liners, to songwriting in London, to launching and editing her own glossy interiors magazine. Despite all this, she was deemed a constant disappointment by her now-departed, very traditional Yorkshire parents, whose classic 'encouragement' included the lines, 'Well, you can't be happy all your life' and 'The sooner you learn to cook mince properly, the sooner you'll find a husband'. Despite such sage advice, Ruth preferred to fall back on a variety of interesting careers, life experiences and even more interesting men, Now in her early 40s, she's old enough to not care what the neighbours think, but young enough to still try and breakdance at parties. Now a full-time writer and part-time bellydance teacher, her motto is 'it's never too late to be a late starter'!