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The snark handbook : clichés edition : overused buzzwords, hackneyed phrases, and other misuses of the English language / Lawrence Dorfman ; in collaboration with James Michael Naccarato.

by Dorfman, Lawrence.

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Skyhorse Pub., c2012.

Clichés -- Humor.

English language -- Idioms -- Humor.

English language -- Terms and phrases -- Humor.

English language -- Usage -- Humor.

English language -- Humor.

9781616086350 (pbk.)

1616086351 (pbk.)

ix, 154 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

"Clichés are like rationalizations: try going a week without using one. It can't be done! They are the hobgoblin of little minds. For most of us, once you begin to take notice, they are fingernails on a chalkboard. From Shakespeare to Shakira; in music, on television, at the movies; in the boardroom, on a conference call, online or in person, clichés have taken over the world. While some nitwits might say they're just misunderstood, they didn't start out that way. There was a time when they were new and vibrant, clever and pithy. Now they're just predictable -- a vapid collection of much-too-familiar descriptions or metaphors that often replace smart conversation, speech, or writing. This book is a collection of the most overused phrases of all time. Lawrence Dorfman is the author of the Snark Handbook series including the Politics and Government Edition, the Reference Guide to Verbal Sparring, the Insult Edition, the Sex Edition, and Snark! The Herald Angels Sing. He lives in Hamden, Connecticut"--Provided by publisher.

American wit and humor.

Naccarato, James Michael, 1953-

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