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...this volume is essential. Its worth is enhanced by a listing of nicknames and appellations that are otherwise likely to be incomprehensible to foreigners...an essential addition to public, academic, and corporate reference libraries. -The San Diego Union This book has it all...besides being informative, the book is interesting and fun. -Veterinary and Human Toxicology This is a useful book and should appeal to the individual or library acquisitions director with a limited budget. -Verbatim An up-to-date source for locating some of the most elusive segments of our language. -Booknotes [This] compilation of abbreviations, acronyms, eponyms, terms, etc., is an excellent source for information that is not found in other works. -Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association The classic status of this title endures: abbreviations are again joined by a dazzling array of acronyms, contractions, initials, nicknames, short forms, signs and symbols. Its 15,000 new terms swell the dictionary to nearly 300,000 entries...excellent and unique... --S. Swanson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, CHOICE, October 2001, Vol. 39 No. 2

"""...this volume is essential. Its worth is enhanced by a listing of nicknames and appellations that are otherwise likely to be incomprehensible to foreigners...an essential addition to public, academic, and corporate reference libraries."" -The San Diego Union ""This book has it all...besides being informative, the book is interesting and fun."" -Veterinary and Human Toxicology ""This is a useful book and should appeal to the individual or library acquisitions director with a limited budget."" -Verbatim ""An up-to-date source for locating some of the most elusive segments of our language."" -Booknotes ""[This] compilation of abbreviations, acronyms, eponyms, terms, etc., is an excellent source for information that is not found in other works."" -Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association ""The classic status of this title endures: abbreviations are again joined by a dazzling array of acronyms, contractions, initials, nicknames, short forms, signs and symbols. Its 15,000 new terms swell the dictionary to nearly 300,000 entries…excellent and unique…"" --S. Swanson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, CHOICE, October 2001, Vol. 39 No. 2"

...this volume is essential. Its worth is enhanced by a listing of nicknames and appellations that are otherwise likely to be incomprehensible to foreigners...an essential addition to public, academic, and corporate reference libraries. -The San Diego Union This book has it all...besides being informative, the book is interesting and fun. -Veterinary and Human Toxicology This is a useful book and should appeal to the individual or library acquisitions director with a limited budget. -Verbatim An up-to-date source for locating some of the most elusive segments of our language. -Booknotes [This] compilation of abbreviations, acronyms, eponyms, terms, etc., is an excellent source for information that is not found in other works. -Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association The classic status of this title endures: abbreviations are again joined by a dazzling array of acronyms, contractions, initials, nicknames, short forms, signs and symbols. Its 15,000 new terms swell the dictionary to nearly 300,000 entries...excellent and unique... --S. Swanson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, CHOICE, October 2001, Vol. 39 No. 2

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