Secret Life of the English Language : Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs

English

ISBN: 0753824175

EAN: 9780753824177

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / Etymology

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited

Release Date: 08/17/2011

Synopsis: Our langauge is one of delight and curiosity. BUTTERING PARSNIPS, TWOCKING CHAVS is a guided tour of English, exploring the origins of words, their changing meaning, lexical peculiarities, word games and lost words, presented in lists, small passages of narrative text, amusing quotations and nuggets of amazing facts.This must-have compendium shows that words have a matchless power to entertain. Here you will find enough new words and phrases to last a lifetime. Idioms frolic beside cliches, catchphrases, proverbs, eponyms, acronyms, spoonerisms and split infinitives. Text messages cavort alongside business jargon and rap slang to produce a language that is both witty and bizarre, and sometimes frankly outstanding.So whether youre a yuppie or a woopie, a sinbad or dinky, a spod or even a wazzock, these pages will provide endless hours of delight and fascination.

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Secret Life of the English Language : Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs

Illustrated: Yes

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 1.9 inches

Width: 5.0 inches

Length: 7.75 inches

Weight: 7.72 oz

Pages: 272