Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive

Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language

Spinglishâ€”the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctorsâ€”is all around us. And the fact is, until youâ€™ve mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every dayâ€”without your even knowing it.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude, youâ€™ll be the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else! And hereâ€™s the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of the New York Times semi-bestseller The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook, have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guideâ€”a fictionary, if you willâ€”to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business (or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general) without really lying, this is the book for you! (Your results may vary.)
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Spinglish includes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more:
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aesthetic procedure â€“ face-lift
dairy nutrients â€“ cow manure
enhanced interrogation techniques â€“ torture
Â â€œFor your convenience.â€ â€“ â€œFor our convenience.â€
hands-on mentoring â€“ sexual relations with a junior employee
incomplete success â€“ failure
rightsizing â€“ firing people
zero-tasking â€“ doing nothing
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Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, youâ€™re virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip of your forked tongue. Wish you could nimbly sidestep a question without batting an eye? Not sure how to apologize while also . . . not apologizing? Spinglish has you covered. Simply consult this convenient, shoot-from-the-lip glossary, and before you know it, youâ€™ll be telling it like it isnâ€™t, it wasnâ€™t, and it couldnâ€™t ever have been.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Blue Rider Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Red
ReleaseDate 2015-06-02
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884266991124
EANs 9780399172397

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Blue Rider Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Red
ReleaseDate	2015-06-02
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884266991124
EANs	9780399172397

Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language

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