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Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
In this extraordinary work of scathing satire, Ambrose Bierce provided new humorous definitions of the words that formed the lexicon of contemporary American life.
Accumulated over three decades for a series of magazines and newspapers, the entries in The Devil's Dictionary painted a revealing portrait of late 19th-century American life, with all its contradictions and hypocrisies laid bare.
Bierce's...
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In diesem satirischen Wörterbuch dreht der bekannte Kabarettist Martin Buchholz allerhand Begriffe aus Politik und Alltag durch die dialektische Sprachmangel. Dabei rettet er unter anderem das "islam-gefährdete Abendland", fragt sich, wo bei aller "Brüderlichkeit" die Schwestern bleiben, erklärt, wie Platon die "Glotze" erfunden hat, was "Handy" mit Handicap zu tun hat und warum "rechts" und "links" so schwer auseinanderzuhalten sind. Am Ende...
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Published at the height of the 1980s self-help boom, Lost in the Cosmos is Percy's unforgettable riff on the trend that swept the nation. Filled with quizzes, essays, short stories, and diagrams, Lost in the Cosmos is a laugh-out-loud spin on a familiar genre that also pushes readers to serious contemplation of life's biggest questions. One part parody and two parts philosophy, Lost in the Cosmos is an enlightening guide to the dilemmas of human...
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The only thing Americans want to read more than Trump's tax returns.
Constantly late to work? Caught cheating on your spouse again? Can't stop tweeting unhinged rants against your political enemies at three in the morning? Then The Kellyanne Conway Technique is the book you need.
Preeminent spin expert and University of Phoenix Online alumnus, Jarret Berenstein, brings you the world's only comprehensive analysis of the tricks,...
Constantly late to work? Caught cheating on your spouse again? Can't stop tweeting unhinged rants against your political enemies at three in the morning? Then The Kellyanne Conway Technique is the book you need.
Preeminent spin expert and University of Phoenix Online alumnus, Jarret Berenstein, brings you the world's only comprehensive analysis of the tricks,...
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The plot is a preposterous ironic romp through contemporary America that will be appreciated by any reader who enjoys humorous adventures in a fantasy setting. The hero, whose name we never quite learn, has a mostly happy relationship with his live-in girlfriend, a 500 lb. gorilla named Tanga. One day, the nameless hero comes home to discover she is missing, and thus begins his search of odd twists and contorted turns to find her. He and his loyal...
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First published in 1811, this book is an extensive dictionary of contemporary slang and colloquialisms written by Francis Grose. Francis Grose (before 1731 – 1791) was an English draughtsman, antiquary, and lexicographer. Other notable works by this author include "The antiquities of England and Wales", (1784), "A glossary of provincial and local words used in England" (1839) and "The antiquities of Scotland" (1797). "A Classical Dictionary of the...
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At last, a compendium of ingeniously insulting words for every occasion.
For anyone who's been stymied by the level of sloth, bad looks and low intelligence of his fellow man (and woman), help is on the way. You can't change the tiresome creatures around you, but now you can describe them behind their backs with pleasing specificity.
Yes, Insulting English is a user's guide to little-known and much-needed words that include:
Gubbertush: Buck-toothed...
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Das neue Buch von Bestseller-Autor Christoph Gutknecht. Schlamassel, Pustekuchen, Saure-Gurken-Zeit - etliche deutsche Begriffe und Redensarten stammen ursprünglich aus dem Jiddischen.
In über 60 vergnüglichen Wortgeschichten erklärt Christoph Gutknecht, woher Begriffe wie Pleite, Großkotz oder Mammon kommen und was sie ursprünglich bedeutet haben.
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We use them every day, some of us more than others. They make our conversations colorful and interesting, loud and bright, rich and rare... and sometimes seemingly foreign or incomprehensible to visitors to our shores. They derive from a variety of cultural, historical and ethnic sources, and have adapted and evolved over time into a collection of truly original 'Australian-isms'. They underline and emphasize the linguistic imprint of who we are as...
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The ever popular and thoroughly entertaining Aussie Slang Dictionary is back to help you decipher and speak the true local language. Full of dazzling definitions from true-blue Aussies, you'll never be lost for words with this collection of colorful sayings. From 'aerial ping-pong' (AFL) to 'on the wrong tram' (to be following the wrong train of thought) and finishing up with some 'verbal diarrhea' (never-ending blather), your mind will be brimming...
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Bro-cab-u-lary (n.): A revolutionary new lexicon for bonding with your bros
Put down your BlackBerry, you PDA-hole, and step into the testosterzone with Brocabulary. Wax fandiloquent about your favorite team or have a fargone-versation at the bar. Brocabulary leaves the vagibberish to the chicks and shows you how to:
• Define your stripping point (the precise number of Jäger shots it takes to make a woman want to get naked with you).
• Conceal...
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Is there a Canadian sense of humour? How can we write with more humour? And what can humour writing teach us about ourselves? These are questions explored in What's So Funny? Lessons from Canada's Leacock Medal for Humour Writing-Ottawa writer Dick Bourgeois-Doyle's personal review of books that have won our country's premier award for humour writing.
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So you want to be a successful bad writer. Well, who doesn't? We all want that sweet sweet hack writer money. And why shouldn't you have your piece of that cash pie?
Being a successful bad writer is easy. So easy. It's like knowing your ABCs. And that is what we have here. It is all you need to know to be a fabulously bad writer, from A to Z. We have one helpful tidbit of goodness for every letter of the alphabet.
Compiled by the Institute of Bad...
16) Crackers
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An indispensible guide to southernness from revered humorist and unapologetic curmudgeon Roy Blount Jr. When a simple-talking, peanut-warehousing, grit-eating Southern Baptist Cracker got himself nominated for president of the United States in 1976, it set Roy Blount Jr. to thinking-about the South, about southerners, and about southernness. The result is a collection of savagely funny and insightful takes on redneck heaven, whiskey, blood, possums,...
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Une revue comique du vocabulaire relatif à l'automobile
On recensait à peine plus de 100'000 automobiles au début du XXe siècle. Le cap des deux milliards de voitures à moteur thermique sera bientt franchi. L'invention et le développement de l'automobile a non seulement bouleversé l'environnement et radicalement transformé la civilisation, mais elle a aussi engendré une nouvelle espèce humaine : l'automobiliste. Une créature le plus souvent...
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Quickly memorize the dirty words and off-color expressions not taught in any Spanish class.
Flashcards aren't just for developing an SAT vocabulary. With “Dirty Spanish Flashcards”, readers can quickly master the bawdy Spanish terms never seen in a textbook. From casual greetings and cutting put-downs to explicit sex terms and filthy swear words, each flashcard presents a hip vocabulary word and example sentence on one side and an English definition...
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Extrait: "ABAISSEMENT - Moyen de parvenir, fort en honneur au XIXe siècle. ABANDON - En chœur: - Oh ! les hommes ! - Dieu! les femmes ! ABBAYE - Inutile dulci. ABATTOIR - Ne pouvant rien créer, il ne faut rien détruire. (Vers connu.) ABDICATION - Mouvement de magnanimité par lequel, en général, un prince cède sa couronne à un autre... quand son peuple vent de la lui reprendre. ABEILLES - 'Chastes buveuses de rosée.' Il y en a aussi en or;...
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Frler la crise d'angoisse à l'idée de recevoir sa belle-mère à dîner ; hésiter un peu trop longuement entre la bise et la poignée de main ; réécrire une dizaine de fois un courriel professionnel, soucieux d'employer les bonnes formules... Qui ne s'est pas déjà retrouvé dans une de ces délicates situations ? Ce livre est à la fois un guide pratique et une réflexion sur ce que l'auteur appelle la communication sociale intelligente. Il...
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