New paperback edition - The Dictionary of Posh serves as an essential guide to the (ab)use of many English words by the decidedly upmarket and the resultant - and endangered - language they speak: Posh....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: West Margin Press, ISBN-13: 9781513132464)
The Devil’s Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and hu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Jul-2021, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Mint Editions, ISBN-13: 9781513282770)
The Devil’s Dictionary (1906) is a work of satire by Ambrose Bierce. Although he is commonly remembered for his chilling short stories on the experiences of Civil War soldiers, Bierce was recognized in his day as a leading journalist and hu...Loe edasi...
Shashi Tharoor is the wizard of words. In Tharoorosaurus, he shares fifty-three examples from his vocabulary: unusual words from every letter of the alphabet. You dont have to be a linguaphile to enjoy the fun facts and interesting anecdotes...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Oct-2019, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Alma Classics, ISBN-13: 9781847498175)
One of the most popular satirical works of American literature, The Devils Dictionary is here published in its most complete 1911 version. Contains extra material and notes. A celebrated journalist in his lifetime, Ambrose Bierces began...Loe edasi...
The Dictionary of Posh serves as an essential guide to the (ab)use of many English words by the decidedly upmarket and the resultant - and endangered - language they speak: Posh...Loe edasi...
Ambrose Bierce, journalist and former soldier for the Union army in the Civil War, began writing satirical definitions for the San Francisco Wasp in 1881, and later for the San Francisco Examiner, launching a journalistic career th...Loe edasi...
Dictionary: A book with a Beginning, a Middle and an End - but not in that order. This Septic Isle is a dictionary that re-defines 21st Century Britain in the wickedest and wittiest way imaginable. In an age where Spin is King, this super...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Sep-2018, Hardback, Kirjastus: Modern Toss Limited, ISBN-13: 9780992910778)
Tossary of Terms by Modern Toss is the first in an illustrated dictionary series. Produced by cartoonists Jon Link & Mick Bunnage this book identifies and defines, with new words and phrases, a random pisspot of contemporary social phenomena which ha...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Oct-2016, Hardback, Kirjastus: LID Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781910649855)
If you work in business, the chances are you have fallen under the poisonous spell of business bullshit and jargon. Very few of us seem able to avoid \reaching out,\ or \walk the talk,\ or \shifting paradigms,\ or \think outside the box.\ No...Loe edasi...
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Dickens penned close to five million words in his lifetime and possessed a vocabulary as wide and whimsical as his imagination, zany and fun words such as wiglomeration, catawampous, comfoozle, tintinnabulation, and snuggery. Culled from his fif...Loe edasi...
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This nifty little book will inform and amuse with its irreverent yet factual explanations of Alaskas own unique vocabulary and idioms--Page ( 4) of cover....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2015, Hardback, Kirjastus: Blue Rider Press, ISBN-13: 9780399172397)
The creators of The Officially Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook present a tongue-in-cheek guide to using "spin" that provides examples of misleading, misdirecting and manipulative words for everyday and special occasions....Loe edasi...
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Want to know the word for the area on your back that you cant reach to scratch (acnestis)? Or the term for the smell of earth just after a rainstorm (petrichor)? With a chapter for each letter of the alphabet, this book introduces us to hundreds of...Loe edasi...
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A dictionary that defines 21st Century Britain in a witty way. It contains 2,000 entries, ranging from satire to the downright silly. It covers subjects such as: politics, pop culture, sport, the Internet, TV, food, the environment, journalism, sex,...Loe edasi...
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Guides the reader through contemporary jargon from around the English-speaking world. This book also shows where it comes from, what it means, and what it tells us about our contemporary world....Loe edasi...
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A sharp-tongued, quick-witted dictionary with a difference from the much-loved, insolent and corageous Ambrose Bierce. An American classic....Loe edasi...
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Initially a weekly feature in an American newspaper in 1881, The Devils Dictionary was continued with some intervals until 1906, when it was first published as The Cynics Word Book. A typical entry is: rhubarb, vegetable essence of stomach a...Loe edasi...
An incomparable satirist, the author became the laughing devil of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H L Mencken. This dictionary presents his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody...Loe edasi...
