Awkword Moments
A Lively Guide to the 100 Terms Smart People Should Know
A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use--even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don't) know what they mean--with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings.Your boss makes a joke about Schrodinger's cat--which is something you've heard of but you're a little vague about what exactly happened (or didn't happen) with that cat. Or you're reading a New Yorker article that explains that Solecism slipped into solipsism into full-blown narcissistic project. An excellent point . . . if you're sure what solecism means . . . or, for that matter, solipsism. Language gurus Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras to th…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Petras, Kathryn
- ISBN: 978-1-984856-39-5
- EAN: 9781984856395
- Produktnummer: 31778358
- Verlag: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'212 KB
Über den Autor
Kathryn Petras & Ross Petras are a sibling writing team with over 4.8 million copies of their work in print - including popular word nerd books such as the New York Times bestseller You're Saying It Wrong, That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means, Very Bad Poetry, and, most recently, Awkword Moments. They do a podcast with NPR affiliate KMUW-kind of a Car Talk about words-called You're Saying It Wrong. Their work has received the attention of, or has been featured in, diverse media outlets including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Bustle, Atlantic Monthly, London Times, and McSweeney's. They have also been guests on hundreds of radio shows and tv shows, including Good Morning America, CNN, Fox & Friends, and NPR's Here and Now.
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776 Stupidest Things Ever Said
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That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
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Stupid Movie Lines
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The 176 Stupidest Things Ever Done
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Wretched Writing
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You're Saying It Wrong
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Here Speeching American
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Very Bad Poetry
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Unusually Stupid Politicians
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Unusually Stupid Americans
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Bad Girls Go Everywhere
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It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.
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