A comprehensive dictionary of offensive and obscene words in the English language.
Ammon Shea Boeken
Ammon Shea is de auteur van twee eerdere boeken die duiken in de meer obscure hoeken van de taal, waarbij de donkerdere en beledigendere aspecten ervan worden onderzocht. Zijn fascinatie voor woordenboeken begon op jonge leeftijd en sindsdien heeft hij zich ondergedompeld in de diepten van de lexicografie. Shea's werk wordt gekenmerkt door een gedetailleerd onderzoek van de taal en haar verborgen betekenissen, die voor de lezers tot leven worden gebracht met een scherp gevoel voor detail en humor.
The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language “mistakes” and how they came to be accepted as correct—or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or just plain wrong. Whether you consider yourself a stickler, a nitpicker, or a rule-breaker in the know, Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the book chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases, including: Decimate Hopefully Enormity That/which Enervate/energize Bemuse/amuse Literally/figuratively Ain’t Irregardless Socialist OMG Stupider Lively, surprising, funny, and delightfully readable, this is a book that will settle arguments among word lovers—and it’s sure to start a few, too.
An obsessive word lover provides an account of the year he spent reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover, offering a selection of obscure and offbeat vocabulary gems he discovered along the way.
