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That Should Be a Word

by Lizzie Skurnick
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Finally there’s a word for it: Fidgital—excessively checking one’s devices. Martyrmony—staying married out of duty. Author of the highly popular “That Should Be a Word” feature in the New York Times Magazine, Lizzie Skurnick delights word lovers with razor-sharp social commentary delivered via clever neologisms. That Should Be a Word is a compendium of 244 of Skurnick’s wittiest wordplays—more than half of them new—arranged in ingenious diagrams detailing their interrelationships.
Complete with definitions, pronunciations, usage examples, and illustrations, That Should Be a Word features words on our obsession with food: carbiter—one who asserts that someone else cannot be hungry. On social media, like twiticule—to mock someone in 140 characters. On the modern family, like brattle—to discuss one’s children at great length, which leads to words like spamily—Facebook or Twitter updates about kids—and spawntourage—a group of approaching strollers.
From highlighting the profound financial anxiety of a post-recession society (bangst) to mocking the hyper-vain celebrity circle that abstains from anything of import (celebracy), That Should Be a Word delves deep into all the most humorous, and maddening, aspects of life in the 21st century.
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Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Kindle Book

  • Release date: April 7, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9780761184188
  • File size: 14918 KB
  • Release date: April 7, 2015

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780761184188
  • File size: 13614 KB
  • Release date: April 7, 2015

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9780761184188
  • File size: 10627 KB
  • Release date: April 7, 2015

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subjects

Grammar & Language Usage Language Arts Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)

Languages

English

Finally there’s a word for it: Fidgital—excessively checking one’s devices. Martyrmony—staying married out of duty. Author of the highly popular “That Should Be a Word” feature in the New York Times Magazine, Lizzie Skurnick delights word lovers with razor-sharp social commentary delivered via clever neologisms. That Should Be a Word is a compendium of 244 of Skurnick’s wittiest wordplays—more than half of them new—arranged in ingenious diagrams detailing their interrelationships.
Complete with definitions, pronunciations, usage examples, and illustrations, That Should Be a Word features words on our obsession with food: carbiter—one who asserts that someone else cannot be hungry. On social media, like twiticule—to mock someone in 140 characters. On the modern family, like brattle—to discuss one’s children at great length, which leads to words like spamily—Facebook or Twitter updates about kids—and spawntourage—a group of approaching strollers.
From highlighting the profound financial anxiety of a post-recession society (bangst) to mocking the hyper-vain celebrity circle that abstains from anything of import (celebracy), That Should Be a Word delves deep into all the most humorous, and maddening, aspects of life in the 21st century.
Expand title description text
Grammar & Language Usage Language Arts Nonfiction Humor (Nonfiction)
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Workman Publishing Company

    Kindle Book
    Release date: April 7, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780761184188
    File size: 14918 KB
    Release date: April 7, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780761184188
    File size: 13614 KB
    Release date: April 7, 2015

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9780761184188
    File size: 10627 KB
    Release date: April 7, 2015

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English