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Publication Date
2025.
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English
Description
From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany comes a visually rich book that breaks down the colorful language and systems of signs that make up the vocabulary of our world. Here is an obsessive and fascinating look at the systems of language and knowledge that surrounds us. Ben Schott breaks down the lingo, slang, and jargon found in dozens of fascinating professions, events, and subcultures--from the insider language...
Author
Publisher
John Murray
Publication Date
2017.
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Language
English
Description
Did you know that...a soldier's biggest social blunder is a jack brew - making a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can't be identified - LBJ (Little Brown Job)? Or that builders call plastering the ceiling doing Lionel Richie's dancefloor? From the freemason's handshake to the publican's banter, Dent's Modern Tribes takes us on a whirlwind tour of Britain, decoding its secret languages and,...
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Publisher
Workman Publishing
Publication Date
2025.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
From the author of the international bestseller "Schott's original miscellany" comes a visually rich book that breaks down the colorful language and systems of signs that make up the vocabulary of our world. Here is an obsessive and fascinating look at the systems of language and knowledge that surrounds us. Ben Schott breaks down the lingo, slang, and jargon found in dozens of fascinating professions, events, and subcultures--from the insider language...
11) A civil tongue
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Publisher
Bobbs-Merrill
Publication Date
[1976]
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Language
English
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