Brave New Words: A Language Lover's Guide To The 21St Century

This quirky, small-format gift book provides an introduction to more than 200 of the latest additions to the ever-expanding English lexicon. Featuring one word per page together with a brief explanation and an example of usage, listings include such gems as 'denture venturer' (the older adventure traveller), 'textual harassment' (persistently insulting someone by text message) and 'blamestorming' (using a meeting to discuss who is responsible when something has gone wrong). This simple concept book provides both a fun gift and an interesting talking point sure to please word enthusiasts everywhere.

• • Author: Kerry Maxwell
• • Publisher: Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Jan 16, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 234 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1447262700
• • ISBN-13: 9781447262701