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Part essay, part discursive dictionary, this is an account and critique of the presence of jargon in our culture, speech and literature. It explores the varieties of language coloured by shop-talk, vogue words, 'buzz words', slang, hackneyed phraseology and hard pressed metaphors; the origins of jargon in literary, journalisitc, commercial and technical settings; and changes in useage and attitudes to useage over time. It incorporates a selective and sometimes satirical 'devil's dictionary' show more of jargon today. show lessTags
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- 427.003 — Language English & Old English languages Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic variations of English standard subdivisions, and by time period standard subdivisions Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances
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- PE1585 .N37 — Language and Literature English language English Modern English
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