Monday, September 3, 2018

X-Treme Latin: All the Latin You Need to Know for Survival in the 21st Century Kindle Edition by Henry Beard (Avery)

X-Treme Latin: All the Latin You Need to Know for Survival in the 21st Century by [Beard, Henry]

Yes, there's more Latin to learn after "Latin for All Occasions" and "Even More LFAO." The phrases translated here tend toward the sarcastic, the sexual, the scatological... Probably better suited for a college Latin lover than a high school student, but maybe I'm just ante-Imperium in my sensibilities. It also goes in-depth into the mysteries of conjugations by running the same insult through the gamut in one chapter; one can use it for reference when conjugating to or from Latin. A fine addition to the set, for the X-treme Latin scholar in your life.

In staff meetings and singles bars, on freeways and fairways, there are aggravating people lurking everywhere these days. But bestselling humorist Henry Beard has the perfect comeback for all prickly situations, offering a slew of quips your nemesis won't soon forget . . . or even understand.
Beard's gift is his ability to make fun of popular culture and the current zeitgeist. In X-Treme Latin he provides Latin with an attitude, an indispensable phrasebook that taps the secret power of Latin to deliver, in total safety, hundreds of impeccable put-downs, comebacks, and wisecracks. Within its pages you will learn how to insult or fire coworkers; blame corporate scandals on someone else; cheer at a World Wrestling Entertainment match; talk back to your computer, TV, or Game Boy; deal with your road rage; evade threatening situations; snowboard in style; talk like Tony Soprano; and much more.

With dozens more zingers for quashing e-mail pranks, psyching out your golf opponent, giving backhanded compliments, and evading awkward questions, X-Treme Latin is destined for magnus popularity and will have readers cheering, “Celebremus!”

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