Spinglishhas 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.
CHRISTOPHER CERF is an author, composer-lyricist, record and television producer, editor, and cofounder and president of the educational television production company, Sirius Thinking, Ltd. Since its first season in 1970, Cerf has played a pivotal role in the creation and production of the "Sesame Street" television program, most notably as a regular contributor of music and lyrics. He has won three Grammy Awards and three Emmy Awards for songwriting and music production. He just won a Grammy for the Best Spoken Word Album for Children and has been nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on "Between the Lions."
“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
“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
“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
“[Spinglish] is one of those perfect bathroom books….all our worst
neologisms from the worlds of politics, advertising, the military
and whatever other industries have need for terminological
subterfuge…lovingly footnoted so that curious readers can flips to
the back of the book for sourcing.”
—Michael Ian Black, The New York Times Book Review
“A serious, comprehensive, and informative lexicon of terms and
phrases that “spin doctors” have used to gloss over real
meaning…enlightening and often just plain funny.”
—Library Journal
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