“This book will have a quite broad audience… Gratifying level of surprises and loving twists on usage… Nice range of humor, from slapstick to self-reflective.” –Sue Ducharme, TextWorks

Welcome to the latest word on atrocious English, from wierd – er, weird – spelling to idiotomatic expressions to modest proposals for change, wherein we tackle such pressing contemporary English language issues as:

Did sh*t ever actually hit a fan?
Once and for all, who’s the smartest: brain surgeons or rocket scientists?
Which is the more persuasive: having someone over a barrel or by the balls?
What difference is there, if any, between an old coot, an old fogey and an old geezer – and while we’re on the subject, do we still need to employ the adjective “old”?
When is it wiser to go with “I don’t give a rat’s a*s” over “I don’t give a flying f*ck”?
Taken together, are “No way Jose” and “Yesiree Bob” racist?
What’s the point of saying “It is what it is” when in all of human history it’s never once happened that something is what it isn’t?

About the Author

Gary Sherbell is the author of three published novels. Also a screenwriter and a playwright, his stage play version of Two Suspects was produced in 2016 at the prestigious Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC. A graduate of NYU Law School, he has been a NYC Administrative Law Judge for over 20 years. He lives in NYC's West Village, but his heart remains buried across the East River in Brooklyn, where he was born and raised. Fittingly, his favorite sitcom is still The Honeymooners, and he continues to LOL at every episode, even though he's seen each one over thirty times.

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