A comprehensive dictionary of offensive and obscene words in the English language.
Ammon Shea Knihy
Ammon Shea je autorom dvoch predchádzajúcich kníh o obskúrnych slovách, ktoré skúmajú temnejšie a urážlivejšie stránky jazyka. Jeho fascinácia slovníkmi sa začala vo veku desať rokov a odvtedy sa ponoril do hlbín lexikografie. Sheaovo dielo sa vyznačuje podrobným skúmaním jazyka a jeho skrytých významov, ktoré približuje čitateľom s citom pre detail a humor.
The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language “mistakes” and how they came to be accepted as correct—or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or just plain wrong. Whether you consider yourself a stickler, a nitpicker, or a rule-breaker in the know, Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the book chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases, including: Decimate Hopefully Enormity That/which Enervate/energize Bemuse/amuse Literally/figuratively Ain’t Irregardless Socialist OMG Stupider Lively, surprising, funny, and delightfully readable, this is a book that will settle arguments among word lovers—and it’s sure to start a few, too.
An obsessive word lover provides an account of the year he spent reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover, offering a selection of obscure and offbeat vocabulary gems he discovered along the way.
