Download or read book English Business Jargon and Slang written by Suzan St. Maur and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2018-05-09 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jargon and slang have wormed their way into almost every business document, speech, and conversation that we have today. With online business communications being much more conversational and informal than the written business communications of the past, they positively encourage the use of figurative speech: ergo, more jargon, more slang. This book is by no means all encompassing, but the author has researched and shared several hundred of the most commonly used terms. Not only do we now know what they all mean but, where appropriate, we also learn their origins—some of which are fascinating and very surprising. A very valuable handbook for any student or practitioner in business to help demystify this crazy language called “English.”
Download or read book Biz Talk 2 written by David Burke and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biz Talk-2 is the second of a three-part series on the most common slang and jargon used in American commerce... essential for anyone doing business in the United States! Chapters include General Business Slang & Jargon, International Trade Slang & Jargon, Common Initials Used in International Trade, Bureaucratese, Political Slang & Jargon, Management Slang, and More Computer Slang.
Download or read book Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this Very Short Introduction Jonathon Green asks what words qualify as slang, and whether slang should be acknowledged as a language in its own right. Looking forward, he considers what the digital revolution means for the future of slang."--Cover flap.
Download or read book The Slangman Guide to Biz Speak 1 written by David Burke and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Why Business People Speak Like Idiots written by Brian Fugere and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-02-22 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a fundamental disconnection between the way business people speak and real people communicate. From advertisers, big business and CEOs - the blather is coming at us in waves. The International Language of Business is no longer English - it's gobbledygook. The authors blindly discovered the enormity of the problem in June 2003 with the launch of Bullfighter, an anti-jargon software tool. But jargon is just one symptom in a larger problem afflicting corporate communications today: the wholesale inability to connect with an audience. In the form of admirably straight-talk, we discover how to avoid the 'obscurity trap', 'the anonymity trap', the 'hard-sell trap' and most importantly, 'the tedium trap'. In this witty and practical new book readers are given all the tools they need to fight the 'spin' and learn to speak like the rest of us.
Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Download or read book McGraw Hill s Dictionary of American Slang 4E PB written by Richard A. Spears and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005-10-14 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as . . . golden oldie, to recent coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation and, where necessary, International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciations are given, as well as cautionary notes for crude, inflammatory, or taboo expressions. This edition also features a fascinating introduction on “What is Slang?,” a Thematic Index that cross-references expressions by standard terms--such as Angry, Drunk, Food, Good-bye, Mess-up, Money, and Stupidity--and a Hidden Word Index that lets you identify and locate even partially remembered expressions and phrases.
Download or read book Green Weenies and Due Diligence written by Ron Sturgeon and published by Ron Sturgeon. This book was released on 2005 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Swag" is a style of lamp.
Download or read book The Slangman Guide to Biz Speak 1 written by David Burke and published by SLANGMAN PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Slangman Guide to BIZ SPEAK 1 is essential for anyone doing business with Americans!If you do business with Americans, the ¿BIZ SPEAK¿ series is for you!If you don't know the essential American slang, idioms, and jargon used by all business professionals, you risk embarrassment, loss of respect, and loss of money!Entertaining dialogues, activities and games will quickly help put you on the inside track (¿shortest path to success¿) to becoming the top dog (¿boss¿) as you climb the corporate ladder (¿get promoted¿) and start to make big bucks (¿a lot of money¿) in your new cush (¿easy¿) job!NOTE: Audio CDs sold separately.The Slangman Guide to BIZ SPEAK 1 contains popular chapters on slang and idioms associated with:The WorkplaceComputersThe InternetE-CommerceMarketingAdvertisingAcronyms & ShortcutsNegotiationsMeetingsPopular Abbreviations Used in BusinessThe Slangman Files ¿ a special section in each chapter with slang & idioms used in categories
Download or read book Understanding American Business Jargon written by W. Davis Folsom and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2005-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business and culture are inextricably linked, each reflecting and reinforcing trends in the other. In Understanding American Business Jargon, W. Davis Folsom captures the essence of both by focusing on the terms and phrases that make up our business vocabulary. From AAA to Zombie Bonds, Folsom takes us on a tour of over 2500 concepts that cover the spectrum of business-speak. In this fully revised, updated, and expanded edition, Folsom captures the spirit of business in the new millennium, with such colorful terms as adhocracy, Dilbert principle, hyperlink, traction, and viral marketing. Each term is succinctly defined and described in context, and many are illustrated with quotations from the popular press. Including slang, acronyms, a bibliography, an introduction that discusses recent trends in business language, and cross-referenced throughout, Understanding American Business Jargon is not only a handy reference for any businessperson, student, or researcher, but an entertaining glimpse into our constantly evolving business culture.
Download or read book Dictionary of Jargon Routledge Revivals written by Jonathon Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-02 with total page 1445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon. Containing around 21, 000 entries, the dictionary encompasses a truly eclectic range of fields and includes extensive coverage of both British and U.S. jargon. Areas dealt with range from marketing to medicine, from advertising to artificial intelligence and from skiing to sociology. This is a fascinating resource for students of lexicography and professional lexicographers, as well as the general inquisitive reader.
Download or read book Biz Talk 2 written by David Burke and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Business Speak written by Jennifer Ramey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2009 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have all been there: a boring, wasteful meeting, lecture, or status with a supervisor. We may wait for words of encouragement, inspiration, guidance, or something to get us going; or, we may just be waiting for it to be over. Then it comes: one or more of the Business Speak phrases that are somehow part of the organizational subculture. Business Speak is a phrase so silly, so overused, or so ridiculous that it makes you wonder "How can they say that with a straight face?" This book is your guide to deciphering what is being said. It is, in essence, a translation guide for all of the B.S. This book is a tribute to the millions of you who have suffered through the misery of listening to the B.S. and just kept thinking "When is lunch?"As you read this book, you will be able to think back to the last month, week, day, or hour when you heard one of these phrases and thought how ridiculous it was. You will also wonder "why didn't I think of this book?" Well, because I did.
Download or read book Who Touched Base in My Thought Shower written by Steven Poole and published by Sceptre. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the phrase 'going forward' make you sick to the back teeth? Does the idea of a 'nurture bubble' make your blood boil? Steven Poole takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the meaningless corporate jargon that irritates employees up and down the country.
Download or read book Biz Talk 1 written by David Burke and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Slang Dictionary Etymological Historical and Anecdotal written by John Camden Hotten and published by London : Chatto and Windus. This book was released on 1874 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beginning Oracle SQL for Oracle Database 18c written by Ben Brumm and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start developing with Oracle SQL. This book is a one-stop introduction to everything you need to know about getting started developing an Oracle Database. You'll learn about foundational concepts, setting up a simple schema, adding data, reading data from the database, and making changes. No experience with databases is required to get started. Examples in the book are built around Oracle Live SQL, a freely available, online sandbox for practicing and experimenting with SQL statements, and Oracle Express Edition, a free version of Oracle Database that is available for download. A marquee feature of Beginning Oracle SQL for Oracle Database 18c is the small chapter size. Content is divided into easily digestible chunks that can be read and practiced in very short intervals of time, making this the ideal book for a busy professional to learn from. Even just a 15-20 minute block of free time can be put to good use. Author Ben Brumm begins by helping you understand what a database is, and getting you set up with a sandbox in which to practice the SQL that you are learning. From there, easily digestible chapters cover, point-by-point, the different aspects of writing queries to get data out of a database. You’ll also learn about creating tables and getting data into the database. Crucial topics such as working with nulls and writing analytic queries are given the attention they deserve, helping you to avoid pitfalls when writing queries for production use. What You'll LearnCreate, update, and delete tables in an Oracle database Add, update, delete data from those database tables Query and view data stored in your database Manipulate and transform data using in-built database functions and features Correctly choose when to use Oracle-specific syntax and features Who This Book Is For Those new to Oracle who are planning to develop software using Oracle as the back-end data store. The book is also for those who are getting started in software development and realize they need to learn some kind of database language. Those who are learning software development on the side of their normal job, or learning it as a college student, who are ready to learn what a database is and how to use it also will find this book useful.
