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Unspeak : Words are Weapons by Steven Poole
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Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
Unspeak is language as a weapon. Every day, we are bombarded with those apparently simple words or phrases that actually conceal darker meanings. 'Climate change' is less threatening than 'global warming'; we say 'ethnic cleansing' when we mean mass murder. As we absorb and repeat Unspeak we are accepti ...Show more
Who Touched Base in My Thought Shower?: A Treasury of Unbearable Office Jargon by Steven Poole
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Category: Humour
Does the phrase 'going forward' make you sick to the back teeth? Does the idea of a 'nurture bubble' make your blood boil? Does 'drilling down' have you reaching for the Black & Decker? In Who Touched Base in My Thought Shower?, Steven Poole takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the meaningless corporate ...Show more
Who Touched Base in my Thought Shower?: A Treasury of Unbearable Office Jargon by Steven Poole
19.99 AUD
Category: Business Finance Management
You Aren't What You Eat: Fed Up with Gastroculture by Steven Poole
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Category: Food Cooking Wine
When did the basic human imperative to feed ourselves mutate into such a multitude of anxieties about provenance, ethics, health, lifestyle, and class status? And since when did the likes of Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson gain the power to transform our kitchens and dining tables into places where we e ...Show more
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