A comprehensive dictionary of offensive and obscene words in the English language.
Ammon Shea Libri
Ammon Shea è l'autore di due libri precedenti che approfondiscono gli angoli più oscuri del linguaggio, esplorandone gli aspetti più oscuri e offensivi. La sua fascinazione per i dizionari è iniziata in giovane età e da allora si è immerso nelle profondità della lessicografia. Il lavoro di Shea è caratterizzato da un esame dettagliato del linguaggio e dei suoi significati nascosti, portati alla luce per i lettori con un acuto senso del dettaglio e dell'umorismo.
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.
