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Author |
: Nigel Rees |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages |
: 9 |
Release |
: 2010-04-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780007373499 |
ISBN-13 |
: 000737349X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Word In Your Shell-Like by : Nigel Rees
Unravel the meaning, origin, and usage of over 6,000 phrases from book and film titles, idioms and cliches, to nicknames, slogans and quotations with this modern and entertaining guide to wonderful phrases by one of the world’s best-known wordsmiths.
Author |
: Nigel Rees |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 768 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0012936537 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780012936535 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Word in Your Shell-like by : Nigel Rees
Author |
: Eric Partridge |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 1315 |
Release |
: 2003-09-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134929986 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134929986 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Dictionary of Catch Phrases by : Eric Partridge
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.
Author |
: Eric Partridge |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 1150 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 041525938X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780415259385 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (8X Downloads) |
Synopsis The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z by : Eric Partridge
Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author |
: Kim Adrian |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2018-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781496206275 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1496206274 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Shell Game by : Kim Adrian
Within the recent explosion of creative nonfiction, a new type of form is quietly emerging, what Brenda Miller calls "hermit crab essays." The Shell Game is an anthology of these intriguing essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources: a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad. Like their zoological namesake, these essays do not simply wear their borrowed "shells" but inhabit them so perfectly that the borrowed structures are wholly integral rather than contrived, both shaping the work and illuminating and exemplifying its subject. The Shell Game contains a carefully chosen selection of beautifully written, thought-provoking hybrid essays tackling a broad range of subjects, including the secrets of the human genome, the intractable pain of growing up black in America, and the gorgeous glow residing at the edges of the autism spectrum. Surprising, delightful, and lyric, these essays are destined to become classics of this new and increasingly popular hybrid form.
Author |
: Robert Allen |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 832 |
Release |
: 2008-08-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141917689 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141917687 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases by : Robert Allen
Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we’ve been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world – making knowledge everybody’s property.
Author |
: R. Alexander Bentley |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 161 |
Release |
: 2011-08-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262297981 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262297981 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis I'll Have What She's Having by : R. Alexander Bentley
How we learn from those around us: an essential guide to understanding how people behave. Humans are, first and foremost, social creatures. And this, according to the authors of I'll Have What She's Having, shapes—and explains—most of our choices. We're not just blindly driven by hard-wired instincts to hunt or gather or reproduce; our decisions are based on more than “nudges” exploiting individual cognitive quirks. I'll Have What She's Having shows us how we use the brains of others to think for us and as storage space for knowledge about the world. The story zooms out from the individual to small groups to the complexities of populations. It describes, among other things, how buzzwords propagate and how ideas spread; how the swine flu scare became an epidemic; and how focused social learning by a few gets amplified as copying by the masses. It describes how ideas, behavior, and culture spread through the simple means of doing what others do. It is notoriously difficult to change behavior. For every “Yes We Can” political slogan, there are thousands of “Just Say No” buttons. I'll Have What She's Having offers a practical map to help us navigate the complex world of social behavior, an essential guide for anyone who wants to understand how people behave and how to begin to change things.
Author |
: Eric Partridge |
Publisher |
: Scarborough House |
Total Pages |
: 411 |
Release |
: 1992-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461660408 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461660408 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dictionary of Catch Phrases by : Eric Partridge
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.
Author |
: Gbontwi Anyetei |
Publisher |
: AuthorHouse |
Total Pages |
: 553 |
Release |
: 2010-09-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452084343 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1452084343 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis What Do You Call It? by : Gbontwi Anyetei
WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? London, England. The year two-thousand and whatever. The far right political group the British National Front (BNF) are gaining massive popularity and are expected to make huge inroads into British mainstream in the next general election. A secret agency semi-attached to the government cannot allow this to happen. To have a right wing group anywhere near government would make Britain an international laughing stock and the British like being taken seriously. The agency gets to work. Their plan is to arrange to allow some of BNF's lowest and stupidest members to kill an innocent Black youth. It should be as bloody, violent but most importantly be as public as possible. It's not the kind of operation that they like to perform on British home soil but `needs must' and all that. It shouldn't be too difficult and they don't anticipate any problems. They just need to choose a Black youth. Any youth will do. It's not personal, it's just politics. Kob Armah is the Black youth they mistakenly choose. This story is about him. Kob (for short or Benjamin Kobla Nii-Armah for long) doesn't care about British politics. He has enough Londoneze African problems of his own. He survives the attack in one piece. The same cannot be said about two of his attackers. Kob chooses to hide in Ghana to until things cool off...but that's where his enemies follow him. All of them. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? It's the Crime Comedy story that capers from London to Accra then back to London. It's got a cool inner-city star, beautiful women, urban to tropical locations, regular bad-guys, secret bad-guys, races, car chases, white van chases, knives, guns... and Supermalt. What more could you ask for?
Author |
: Alex Games |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2010-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781446415085 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1446415082 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis Balderdash & Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a Dog's Dinner by : Alex Games
Balderdash & Piffle: One Sandwich Short of a Dog's Dinner is a thrilling ride through the provocative, bewildering and often downright bizarre world of language and etymology. From the brash jargon of celebrity magazines to the delicacies and feints of the euphemism, author and word-sleuth Alex Games has uncovered the remarkable stories that lie behind some of our best-loved words and expressions. By grouping words into distinct themes - such as put downs and insults, the vocab of fashionistas and the lingo of dodgy dealings - Balderdash & Piffle looks at the English language in a fresh and revealing light. Who was the original Jack the Lad? What is the tragic story behind the expression Sweet F.A.? Balderdash & Piffle will show you where thugs come from, why 'barmy' once had more to do with your beer than your brain, and how a little bit of 'hanky-panky' could literally work magic. From the 'Cloud-cuckoo-land' of Aristophanes to the town of Balaclava, this is a funny but rigorously researched account of English words and their origins. Drawing together sources as diverse as William Shakespeare, David Cameron and the Burnham-on-Sea Gazette, Alex Games recalls the trends, innovations and scandals that have produced some of our most familiar but least explored words and phrases. Accompanying a brand new series of the hit BBC television programme Balderdash & Piffle - and containing all the results of the 'Wordhunt' from the first series -this entertaining book is a treasure trove for English-language lovers everywhere.