How to sound like you're from here, no matter where you are in America "Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again." -Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED "As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs , and so many other American regionalisms." -David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue Wicked Good Words is a collection of words and phrases from places across the United States. Organized by region and peppered with witty asides, it's a uniquely American road trip. You'll discover: * In Ohio, that titillating talk about a four-way is all about a type of chili. R * When you rush the growler in Appalachia, you're filling your lunch pail with beer. * A frog strangler in the South will send you running for cover: it's a heavy rain. * In Louisiana and Texas, someone caught pirooting* In the Northwest, something that's spendyis too expensive. * A skeeter hawk, darning needle, snake feeder, spindle, ear sewer, needle, snake doctor, and stingerall refer to the same thing: a mosquito, depending on where you get attacked.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pocket Books
ISBN-10
0671736310
ISBN-13
9780671736316
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1087974
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shadow Wars
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Topic
Thrillers / Espionage, General
Genre
Fiction
Author
Charles D. Taylor
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
6.7 in
Item Width
4.3 in
Additional Product Features
Lccn
2012-517311
Target Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Cpb
Copyright Date
1992
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