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Brave New Words
Kerry Maxwell
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Brave New Words
The perfect gift for language lovers everywhere

This quirky, small-format gift book provides an introduction to more than 200 of the latest additions to the ever-expanding English lexicon. Featuring one word per page together with a brief explanation and an example of usage, listings include such gems as 'denture venturer' (the older adventure traveller), 'textual harassment' (persistently insulting someone by text message) and 'blamestorming' (using a meeting to discuss who is responsible when something has gone wrong). This simple concept book provides both a fun gift and an interesting talking point sure to please word enthusiasts everywhere.

Publication Date 19/10/2007   ISBN 9780330448680 
Dimensions 152mm x 111mm   Weight 0.11 kg   Pages 256
Kerry Maxwell has an MA in Linguistics from the University of Manchester. She has worked in lin...More >
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