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Spinglish : The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language by Christopher Cerf and Henry Beard (2015, Hardcover)

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By Henry Beard (Author), Christopher Cerf (Author). Hardcover – June 2, 2015.

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Spinglish--the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors--is all around us. And the fact is, until you've mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day--without your even knowing it. However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, you'll be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else And here's the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the New York Times semi-bestseller The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook , have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide--a fictionary , if you will--to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business (or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general) without really lying, this is the book for you (Your results may vary.) Spinglish includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more: aesthetic procedure - face-lift dairy nutrients - cow manure enhanced interrogation techniques - torture "For your convenience." - "For our convenience." hands-on mentoring - sexual relations with a junior employee incomplete success - failure rightsizing - firing people zero-tasking - doing nothing With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you're virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? Spinglish has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, you'll be telling it like it isn't, it wasn't, and it couldn't ever have been.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0399172394
ISBN-13
9780399172397
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204191432

Product Key Features

Book Title
Spinglish : the Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language
Author
Henry Beard, Christopher Cerf
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Dictionaries, General, Popular Culture, Rhetoric, Curiosities & Wonders, Form / Parodies, Word Lists
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Référence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Humor
Number of Pages
354 Pages, 368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pn6231.W64b43 2015
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
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"A definitive (and often hilarious) guide to affect-transformative truth-obfuscatory locutions (that is, euphemisms and other deceptive language)." --Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and The Sense of Style "I never thought I'd say that a dictionary is a must-read, but Spinglish is a must-read. There, I've said it. It's also, brilliant, funny, sophisticated and subtle (although it made me laugh out loud)." --Victor S. Navasky "This statement is one hundred percent free of spin: Spinglish proves, once again, that Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf are two of the funniest people in the world." -Andy Borowitz "[ Spinglish ] is one of those perfect bathroom books....all our worst neologisms from the worlds of politics, advertising, the military and whatever other industries have need for terminological subterfuge...lovingly footnoted so that curious readers can flips to the back of the book for sourcing." --Michael Ian Black, The New York Times Book Review, "A definitive (and often hilarious) guide to affect-transformative truth-obfuscatory locutions (that is, euphemisms and other deceptive language)." --Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and The Sense of Style "I never thought I'd say that a dictionary is a must-read, but Spinglish is a must-read. There, I've said it. It's also, brilliant, funny, sophisticated and subtle (although it made me laugh out loud)." --Victor S. Navasky "This statement is one hundred percent free of spin: Spinglish proves, once again, that Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf are two of the funniest people in the world." -Andy Borowitz
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2015-007373
Dewey Decimal
818/.5407
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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English and Grammer for those who actually want to communicate
The author makes excellent points about how our language can be used to disguise the speaker's actual meanings and intent. Complicated phrases of compound and obscure words can be used to intentionally distract or confuse the reader or listener such that the facts of any given matter are buried under meaningless verbage.
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