You'll be running your mouth like an Olympic sprinter after you've read
this book. The Little Book of Trash Talk takes a short-but-sweet look
at trash talk, an art form that is a crucial aspect not only of modern
sport but also of popular entertainment. This tiny tome explores the
origins of trash talking and how it has mutated and spread in popularity
across the decades, as well as looking at trash talking in the most
unlikely of places (like 'sledging' in cricket). It's not all
mean-spirited banter - The Little Book of Trash Talk highlights how
wordplay in trash talk reflects the wit and ingenuity of the talker and
aims to show that trash talking is not just the domain of a few select
sportsmen, but is deployed by everyone from Winston Churchill to Liam
Gallagher. 'You're a male nurse, bro. I'm gonna fk you up in about two
minutes.'
Josh Kosheck to opposing Team GSP staff medic Brad Tate during The
Ultimate Fighter 12 on November 4, 2010, as seen on foxsports.com.
'Chris Martin looks like a geography teacher. Whats all that with
writing messages about Free Trade? If he wants to write things down I'll
give him a pen and a pad of paper. Bunch of students.'
Liam Gallagher, as seen on shortlist.com, 15 March 2020, by Alessia
Armenise. 'I'll beat him so bad, he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat
on.'
Muhammad Ali talking before his fight with Floyd Patterson in 1965, as
seen on bbc.co.uk.
