A British Comedy Award-winning writer waxes lyrical on such awful parts of the modern-day vernacular as "ciao," "hurting," "fashionista," and "staycation" Taking a hard look at the English language and the mess that it has become, this is a ...

• Author: Richard Wilson
• Publisher: Portico
• ISBN: 1907554203
• Category: Humor
• Page: 224
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• Author: Karen Stern
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• ISBN: 0582305780
• Category: English language
• Page: 398
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Her voice softened as she pointed toward the main building. 'They're all talking
about me in there, Lewis. I mean, they're nice to my face but I know when I'm not
around they're having a chuckle. A bit of a laugh. It's the same when I go out.

• Author: Dave Franklin
• Publisher: Baby Ice Dog Press
• ISBN:
• Category: Fiction
• Page: 700
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D . Ast . The frequent use of this word to the exclusion of others of like meaning is
remarkable . Ex . - A Rector ' s wife asks ... 10 ) gives the following example : -
Pick thae stooks doon an ' let t ' arse - ends o ' ť shaffs lig i ' ť sun a bit . Arsy -
varsy , adv . ... This is probably not a corruption of that but the O . N . at . Ex . -
Them at ...

• Author: Marmaduke Charles Frederick Morris
• Publisher:
• ISBN: UOM:39015031026514
• Category: English language
• Page: 408
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that sometimes he wore no underwear at all, because his mother didn't always
have time to wash his clothes. He possessed an imaginative ... If I ever hear you
talk like that, I'll wash out your mouth with a bar of Lifebuoy soap.” Though life
was ...

• Author: Doug Taylor
• Publisher: iUniverse
• ISBN: 9781450205313
• Category: Fiction
• Page: 536
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