Shoot the Puppy: A Survival Guide to the Curious Jargon of Modern Life - Hardcover

Thorne, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0140515801 ISBN 13: 9780140515800

Verlag: Penguin, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Are you a bobo or a wombat? Have you ever been tempted to open the kimono or kick dead whales up the beach? Have you been touched by re-enchantment or threatened by infobia? If your answer to any of these questions is 'I'm not sure' or, indeed, 'What are you talking about?', then you definitely need a copy of Shoot the Puppy. Amusing and informative, it guides the reader through the ever-growing heap of contemporary jargon from around the English-speaking world, showing where it comes from, what it means, and what it tells us about the contemporary world and our attitudes to it.

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Tony Thorne is Head of the Language Centre at King's College, London, and a widely respected authority on language and modern culture. He is the author of Bloomsbury's Dictionary of Modern Slang (2003) 'One of the most infuriatingly addictive dictionaries ever produced' Evening Standard.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0140515801
• ISBN 13: 9780140515800
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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