The Superior Person's Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive & Downright Dangerous Language by Peter Bowler

The Superior Person's Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive & Downright Dangerous Language

Peter Bowler

115 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative medium-paced
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This amusing volume cuts through the thickets of popular jargon, casting daylight on such phrases as 'interrogate with prejudice' (that is, torture), 'unforeseen geological event' (a mining disaster) and 'critical power excursion' (a meltdown at a...

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