The Official Dictionary of Sarcasm: A Lexicon for Those of Us Who Are Better and Smarter Than the Rest of You (Volume 1)

If you're a reader with a great sense of humor, you'll LOVE this one. Funniest book I've found in a long time!! He takes logophilia to a whole new level and puts a hilarious spin on some of the things we've thought about ourselves. It's meant to be enjoyed by those of us who are able to see the funny side of things and who don't take life so seriously that we miss out on a lot of laughs. I would definitely recommend this book!!

A great cup of coffee book. You don't have to worry about losing your place and will definitively finish your beverage with a smile if not an outright laugh. Have shown it to many people, all of whom want to borrow it when I finish with it. Makes a great conversation starter as everyone is curious once they see the title.

I bought this as a gift for Christmas. Unfortunately because it is a Christmas gift I was unable to read so I won't be able to give a full review. It arrived in good condition and the book seemed well made. The pages seemed to be held in place fine and there was no cracking of the spine. Does this book cover all of sarcasm? Probably not, but what I saw of it seemed like an amusing read. Not bad for the price.

Fun book to read. Pick it up , read some tidbits, chuckle, then put it back on the shelf. People will be drawn to this book, then after reading will want to "borrow" it. I ended up letting them keep it, and bought another one. When the replacement arrived, someone else snagged it from the shelf. That one I kept, though!

Beware who you give this too, they are sure to spread the sarcasm back your way! :-)

Super funny and adorable. I got this for my father in law who is a self admitted jerk. He thought it was really funny gift which is saying a lot since he's hard to buy for. I looked through it and it made me laugh. It's formatted like a realy dictonary which makes it even funnier since you almost want to take it seriously. If you have someone who's hard to buy for, this makes a good gift.

Some of the entries are really funny, some are mildly amusing, and some fall kind of flat. Overall, the book was too tedious for me to read it all the way through, cover to cover, and I’m not sure why. Maybe because when something is called a dictionary, and is laid out as a dictionary, boredom just automatically sets in because you’re confronted with so many unrelated entries to slog through, letter by letter. I think it would have been a better read if it were theme-oriented but then the writer would have had to change the title because it would have no longer been a dictionary. Oh well. =)

It was a gift. Recipient likes it.

Consider yourself above all

I love this book! I have one myself and I bought it for Secret Santa for last 2 Christmases and people loved it :)

英語のsarcasm(皮肉・風刺）辞典である。引く辞典というより拾い読みして楽しむ辞典である。一例を挙げるとelevatorは「二人（以上の人）がたまたま乗り合わせた時に気まずい沈黙を引き出す乗り物」と定義されている。評者は壁を向いて立つことが多いのであまり気まずい思いをしたことがないが、たまたま両者が壁を背に立っていると確かに気まずい｡ 鋭い観察である。もう一例。Yahooは 「Googleと並ぶ検索エンジンであるが、動詞としてはぎこちなく使われない。それでも避けて通れないので、I yahooed myself last weekend.(私は先週の週末私自身をヤフー検索した)とも言えるが、I googled myself last weekend,（私は先週の週末私自身をグーグル検索した）とは響きが違う」。ちなみにGoogle （グーグルする）の動詞用法は一部の辞書にもすでに出ている。動詞用法で差がついたのは、評書の個人的意見では英語のネイティブスピーカーの多くはYahoo は「ヤッホー」という呼びかけよりも『ガリバー旅行記』に出てくる「ヤフー」（人間のかたちをした獣）を連想するせいかとも思う）。 一ひねりも二ひねりもしているので、読んでも意味が理解できない定義も少なくない。そのような場合は英語力の不足とあきらめて、わかる箇所だけ拾い読みして行けばよい。読んで楽しい辞書である。

Bought this as a birthday gift for my brother & he loves it. Everyone at his party found it hillarious. Great gift. Thank you.

So good I sent a copy over to a friend in Germany. He may be German but he has an English sense of humour. I use it whenever the occasion arises. I reccomend it. Pete. Hull