Completely Superior Person's Book Of Words
by:
Peter Bowler (author)
'Words are not only tools; they are also weapons.' This volume provides words to help you wriggle out of sticky debates, deal with obnoxious dinner guests and fill in sick leave application forms with panache. It is an arsenal of over a thousand sonifacient verbal weapons with which to...
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'Words are not only tools; they are also weapons.' This volume provides words to help you wriggle out of sticky debates, deal with obnoxious dinner guests and fill in sick leave application forms with panache. It is an arsenal of over a thousand sonifacient verbal weapons with which to verbigerate your friends and gorgonise your enemies.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781408806357 (1408806355)
ASIN: 1408806355
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
I love this. It's not at all what I expected, but it's better. What I was expecting was a narrative of larger words and their meanings but what I actually got was a dictionary of big words, with definitions meant to be witty and sarcastic, with usage suggestions for making you look pompous and as ...
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