Title Watson's dictionary of weasel words, contemporary clichés, cant & management jargon / Don Watson

Published Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Knopf, 2004

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	658.0014 Wat/Wdo		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL	658.0014 Wat/Wdo		AVAILABLE
MELB	658.0014 Wat/Wdo		AVAILABLE

Description 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm regular print Summary At last, the longed for and much requested companion to 'Death Sentence', this book is for people who really want to know what a 'asset footprint' and 'aggressive timeline' are, and for those who want to mock the very idea. An invaluable guide to modern managerial language, newspeak, and linguistic political chicanery Analysis English language Language skills Dictionaries Australian English (Australia) Slang Media & communication studies Notes Qld Premier's Literary Awards 2005 Subject Business -- Slang -- Dictionaries. Business -- Slang. English language -- Jargon. English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries. English language -- Usage -- Humor. Clichés -- Dictionaries. English language -- Jargon -- Humor. English language -- Terms and phrases -- Dictionaries. English language -- Social aspects -- Australia. Language and culture -- Australia. English language -- Jargon -- Dictionaries. Genre/Form Literature. Dictionaries. Dictionaries. Author Watson, Don, 1949- LC no. 2005434665 ISBN 9781740513210 1740513215 :

Other Titles Weasel words Weasel words

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