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Pompous jargon pervades English these days, from corporate speak to silly legalisms. This lighthearted look at how English is being mangled reveals the underlying meaning, as well as the attitudes behind the meaning, of more than 1,000 buzzwords. Readers will discover that learning opportunity is a nice way of saying mistake; a lawn mullet is a yard that's neatly trimmed out front but growing long in the back; and a meanderthal is someone who has a hard time getting to the point when telling a story. Accompanied by 15 illustrated cartoons, this comical look at language shows how combining words can give way to new meanings.

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Comical and useful...It should be required reading in every corporate suit in America. -- Crain's Cleveland Business

Comical and useful...It should be required reading in every corporate suit in America. - Crain's Cleveland Business

Comical and useful...It should be required reading in every corporate suit in America. -- Crain's Cleveland Business Useful and winsome inventions. -- Chicago Tribune This is the sort of book you can buy just for the fun of it. -- Chicago Sun-Times A funny new paperback of trendy and often pompous words and phrases. -- Plain Dealer A collection that perfectly purges pomposity. --Dave Dowling, author, The Wrong Word Dictionary As funny as it is informative. -- Zink

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John Walston is a former deputy managing editor at USA Today, a former editorial director at United Press International, and a former executive editor at The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware. He is also the creator of BuzzWhack.com and a senior group-publisher for one of the largest business-to-business newsletter companies in the U.S. He lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

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