Christopher Cerf - Spinglish : The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language in DOC, FB2
9780399172397 English 0399172394 An all-you-need dictionary of 'spin,' with new and useful words for everyday and special occasions, by bestselling humor writers Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf., Spinglish - the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors - is all around us. And the fact is, until you've mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day, without your even knowing it. However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, you'll be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else! And here's the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the New York Times semi-best-seller The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook , have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide - a fictionary, if you will - to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business, or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general, without really lying, this is the book for you! (Your results may vary.) Spinglish includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more: Aesthetic procedure. Face-lift. Enhanced interrogation techniques. Torture. Hands-on mentoring. Sexual relations with a junior employee. rightsizing. Firing people. Dairy nutrients. Cow manure. For your convenience. For our convenience. Incomplete success. Failure. Zero-tasking. Doing nothing. With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you're virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? Spinglish has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, you'll be telling it like it isn't, it wasn't, and it couldn't ever have been. The experts agree . . . 'A definitive (and often hilarious) guide to affect-transformative truth-obfuscatory locutions (that is, euphemisms and other deceptive language).' Steven Pinker author of The Language Instinct and The Sense of Style 'This statement is one hundred percent free of spin: Spinglish proves, once again, that Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf are two of the funniest people in the world.' Andy Borowitz 'I never thought I'd say that a dictionary is a must-read, but Spinglish is a must-read. There, I've said it. It's also brilliant, funny, sophisticated, and subtle (although it made me laugh out loud).' Victor S. Navasky 'I only wish I had lived to read this incomparable book.' George Orwell, Spinglish the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors is all around us. And the fact is, until you ve mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day without your even knowing it. However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, "you ll" be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else And here s the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the "New York Times "semi-bestseller "The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook," " "have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide a "fictionary," if you will to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business (or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general) without really lying, this is the book for you (Your results may vary.) "Spinglish" includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more: aesthetic procedure face-lift dairy nutrients cow manure enhanced interrogation techniques torture For your convenience. For "our" convenience. hands-on mentoring sexual relations with a junior employee incomplete success failure rightsizing firing people zero-tasking doing nothing With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you re virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? "Spinglish" has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, you ll be telling it like it isn t, it wasn t, and it couldn t ever have been.", Spinglish--the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors--is all around us. And the fact is, until you've mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day--without your even knowing it. However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, you'll be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else! And here's the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the New York Times semi-bestseller The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook , have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide--a fictionary , if you will--to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business (or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general) without really lying, this is the book for you! (Your results may vary.) Spinglish includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more: aesthetic procedure - face-lift dairy nutrients - cow manure enhanced interrogation techniques - torture "For your convenience." - "For our convenience." hands-on mentoring - sexual relations with a junior employee incomplete success - failure rightsizing - firing people zero-tasking - doing nothing With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you're virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? Spinglish has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, you'll be telling it like it isn't, it wasn't, and it couldn't ever have been., The art of political spin is a delicate one, indeed. If you want to succeed in politics without really lying - and business, sports, the arts and basically any other field - you must perfect the art of terminological inexactitude. This handy dictionary - a bullshictionary, if you will -will make you an expert in misdirection in no time. Wish you could nimbly side-step a straightforward question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologise while also. not apologising? Look no further; Spinglish has you covered.
9780399172397 English 0399172394 An all-you-need dictionary of 'spin,' with new and useful words for everyday and special occasions, by bestselling humor writers Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf., Spinglish - the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors - is all around us. And the fact is, until you've mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day, without your even knowing it. However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, you'll be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else! And here's the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the New York Times semi-best-seller The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook , have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide - a fictionary, if you will - to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business, or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general, without really lying, this is the book for you! (Your results may vary.) Spinglish includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more: Aesthetic procedure. Face-lift. Enhanced interrogation techniques. Torture. Hands-on mentoring. Sexual relations with a junior employee. rightsizing. Firing people. Dairy nutrients. Cow manure. For your convenience. For our convenience. Incomplete success. Failure. Zero-tasking. Doing nothing. With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you're virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? Spinglish has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, you'll be telling it like it isn't, it wasn't, and it couldn't ever have been. The experts agree . . . 'A definitive (and often hilarious) guide to affect-transformative truth-obfuscatory locutions (that is, euphemisms and other deceptive language).' Steven Pinker author of The Language Instinct and The Sense of Style 'This statement is one hundred percent free of spin: Spinglish proves, once again, that Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf are two of the funniest people in the world.' Andy Borowitz 'I never thought I'd say that a dictionary is a must-read, but Spinglish is a must-read. There, I've said it. It's also brilliant, funny, sophisticated, and subtle (although it made me laugh out loud).' Victor S. Navasky 'I only wish I had lived to read this incomparable book.' George Orwell, Spinglish the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors is all around us. And the fact is, until you ve mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day without your even knowing it. However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, "you ll" be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else And here s the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the "New York Times "semi-bestseller "The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook," " "have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide a "fictionary," if you will to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business (or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general) without really lying, this is the book for you (Your results may vary.) "Spinglish" includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more: aesthetic procedure face-lift dairy nutrients cow manure enhanced interrogation techniques torture For your convenience. For "our" convenience. hands-on mentoring sexual relations with a junior employee incomplete success failure rightsizing firing people zero-tasking doing nothing With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you re virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? "Spinglish" has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, you ll be telling it like it isn t, it wasn t, and it couldn t ever have been.", Spinglish--the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors--is all around us. And the fact is, until you've mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day--without your even knowing it. However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, you'll be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else! And here's the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the New York Times semi-bestseller The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook , have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide--a fictionary , if you will--to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business (or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general) without really lying, this is the book for you! (Your results may vary.) Spinglish includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more: aesthetic procedure - face-lift dairy nutrients - cow manure enhanced interrogation techniques - torture "For your convenience." - "For our convenience." hands-on mentoring - sexual relations with a junior employee incomplete success - failure rightsizing - firing people zero-tasking - doing nothing With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you're virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? Spinglish has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, you'll be telling it like it isn't, it wasn't, and it couldn't ever have been., The art of political spin is a delicate one, indeed. If you want to succeed in politics without really lying - and business, sports, the arts and basically any other field - you must perfect the art of terminological inexactitude. This handy dictionary - a bullshictionary, if you will -will make you an expert in misdirection in no time. Wish you could nimbly side-step a straightforward question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologise while also. not apologising? Look no further; Spinglish has you covered.