Download or read book The Evasion English Dictionary written by Maggie Balistreri and published by Melville House Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than just a dictionary of euphemisms by a hip young linguist, The Evasion-English Dictionary is a merciless translation of the banalities of contemporary speech. It's also scathingly funny. For example, Balistreri asks what if you substituted the word "you" for the phrase "the relationship" in the sentence, "There seem to be a lot of problems with the relationship." Or what if you substituted the word "because" for the word "but" in the sentence "They drive me crazy but my parents are very involved in my life." Entertaining as it is, however, the E.E.D. is also a thought-provoking and insightful look into the twists and turns of modern English usage a smart and useful, albeit hysterical, earwitness account of verbal mishaps and manipulations that's destined to become a classic with language lovers and a useful reference tool on the desk of writers everywhere.

Download or read book An English Dictionary written by Elisha Coles and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the first edition. Containing around 25,000 definitions, many of them dealing with legal topics, this was the largest dictionary of its day. An innovative work, it was the first to recognize the importance of slang. In addition, Coles offers lists of dialect and obsolete terms. He also includes the names of market towns and European cities and discusses the proper names and histories of classical figures.

Download or read book The Evasion English Dictionary written by Maggie Balistreri and published by Melville House Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than just a dictionary of euphemisms by a hip young linguist, The Evasion-English Dictionary is a merciless translation of the banalities of contemporary speech. It's also scathingly funny. For example, Balistreri asks what if you substituted the word "you" for the phrase "the relationship" in the sentence, "There seem to be a lot of problems with the relationship." Or what if you substituted the word "because" for the word "but" in the sentence "They drive me crazy but my parents are very involved in my life." Entertaining as it is, however, the E.E.D. is also a thought-provoking and insightful look into the twists and turns of modern English usage a smart and useful, albeit hysterical, earwitness account of verbal mishaps and manipulations that's destined to become a classic with language lovers and a useful reference tool on the desk of writers everywhere.

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