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The Curmudgeon's Dictionary

Author : William Soisson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514486164
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book The Curmudgeon's Dictionary written by William Soisson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty years ago, when the author first read Ambrose Bierce's "Devil's Dictionary," he was ecstatic. Here at last was a creative work that was utterly lacking in discrimination. Worth no regard whatever for race, creed, color, sex, religion, or fast food preference, Bierce kicked everyone's sacred cow right in the udder. The author instantly knew that somehow, some day, he must continue the work begun by Ambrose. So it is that "The Curmudgeon's Dictionary" follows the great Bierce's lead in flaying without mercy the pretentious of our world. At the same time, "TCD" unavoidably reflects many of the changes in style that have occurred in our language since 1911, when "The Devil's Dictionary" was first published. Many of the old poets, like Biddle Tamey and Opned Teal, so well quoted by Bierce, are gone, having been replaced by such contemporary greats as Taner Bane and Sigson Kolgy, who, though they lack the elegance of the poets of Bierce's day, have the virtues of simplicity and forthrightness. Then, too, changes in science and technology have brought us many new terms such as "computer," "CAT Scan," "Jive," and "Monica," which did not yet exist in Bierce's day. Moreover, changes in the attention span have made it desirable to abbreviate many definitions and support the work of the aforementioned more concise poets. The author has violated this procedure only when considerations of clarity or beauty have made it imperative, as with the haunting "Ode to a Giant Bonsai Tree." Aside from such evolutionary matters, one will find that some of the venerable Bierce's definitions are still valid today and have found their way into this magnificent book in updated form. The updating is no criticism of the master, only recognition that time moves things, if not forward, at least along.

The Curmudgeon's Dictionary

Author : Richard Binder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971033740
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book The Curmudgeon's Dictionary written by Richard Binder and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lady Curmudgeon Dictionary

Author : Helen Lambin
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780879467357
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Lady Curmudgeon Dictionary written by Helen Lambin and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2024-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Done in traditional dictionary format with quotes from people famous and imagined and with a shout-out to Ambrose Beirce's "The Devil's Dictionary," this is a humorous book by a nonagenerian woman who is an avowed curmudgeon.

Dictionary of Disagreeable English

Author : Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
ISBN 13 : 9781582974187
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Disagreeable English written by Robert Hartwell Fiske and published by Writer's Digest Books. This book was released on 2006-06-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grumbling Grammarian is back with a revised and expanded edition of The Dictionary of Disagreeable English. In this second edition, Robert Hartwell Fiske has added more language blunders, additional witty commentary, and a new feature that includes frequently asked questions about language. Fiske rails against "laxicographers and ding-a-linguists" who, with their misguided thinking, actually promote the dissolution of the English language. He also illustrates why dictionaries don't always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word. With concise instruction and numerous examples of misused words, Fiske makes it easier than ever to learn from others' mistakes.

The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law

Author : Mark Herrmann
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590316764
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law written by Mark Herrmann and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays written by The Curmudgeon, offers practical, honest and you need to know this advice for surviving and thriving in a law firm. The book covers the basics of law practice and law firm etiquette, from doing effective research and writing to dressing for success, dealing with staff and clients and building a law practice. Concise, humorous and full of valuable (albeit curmudgeonly) insight, this is a must-read for every newly minted law school graduate or new lawyer.

Safire's Political Dictionary

Author : William Safire
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195340612
Total Pages : 887 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Safire's Political Dictionary written by William Safire and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring more than one thousand new, rewritten, and updated entries, this reference on American politics explains current terms in politics, economics, and diplomacy.

The Curmudgeon's Quests

Author : Allan Wooley
Publisher : Book Venture Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1946735485
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (467 download)

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Download or read book The Curmudgeon's Quests written by Allan Wooley and published by Book Venture Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After growing up in Maine and attending Bowdoin, the author earned a PhD in Classics at Princeton. He taught at Duke, before returning to Phillips Exeter Academy, where he taught for 36 years and was department chair and coordinator of academic computing. In the New England Classical Association he served as president and executive secretary.

The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820326348
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary written by Ambrose Bierce and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary. There, a bore is "a person who talks when you wish him to listen," and happiness is "an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." This is the most comprehensive, authoritative edition ever of Ambrose Bierce’s satiric masterpiece. It renders obsolete all other versions that have appeared in the book’s ninety-year history. A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows our willful failings and excesses to shine forth. This new edition is based on David E. Schultz and S. T. Joshi’s exhaustive investigation into the book’s writing and publishing history. All of Bierce’s known satiric definitions are here, including previously uncollected, unpublished, and alternative entries. Definitions dropped from previous editions have been restored while nearly two hundred wrongly attributed to Bierce have been excised. For dedicated Bierce readers, an introduction and notes are also included. Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary is a classic that stands alongside the best work of satirists such as Twain, Mencken, and Thurber. This unabridged edition will be celebrated by humor fans and word lovers everywhere.

The Curmudgeon Report

Author : Hugh Neeld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781413798210
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book The Curmudgeon Report written by Hugh Neeld and published by . This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People ask how I came up with the name The Curmudgeon Report. Well, all the good ones were taken, and I had a deadline for starting a weekly column, which ran for five years in the Jacksonville Daily Progressthats how. I almost changed the title after I read the dictionary definition of curmudgeon: a crusty, churlish, ill-tempered old man. I never display those qualities unless provokedlike when somebody disagrees with my opinion. Then, I heard the modern definition of curmudgeon: anyone hating hypocrisy and pretense, who can point out the unpleasant or ridiculous in a humorous manner. Now, thats more like it. I first became interested in writing in college and took inspiration from a teacher of creative writing, Dr. Ronald Evans. Dr. Evans gave me the best advice any aspiring writer could ever have: Dare to dream, he said, be curious, and marry rich.

The Cynic's Dictionary

Author : Aubrey Dillon-Malone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853753565
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book The Cynic's Dictionary written by Aubrey Dillon-Malone and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an acerbic collection of alternative definitions that aim to set the record straight; epigrammatic cynicism from some of the greatest wits - Oscar Wilde, H.L. Mencken, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw and modern-day practitioners including P.J. O'Rourke, Madonna and Woody Allen.

Word Origins And How We Know Them

Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199889015
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Word Origins And How We Know Them written by Anatoly Liberman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is packed with dozens of examples of proven word histories, used to illustrate the correct ways to trace the origins of words as well as some of the egregiously bad ways to trace them. He not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. And along the way, the reader is treated to a wealth of fascinating word facts. Did they once have bells in a belfry? No, the original meaning of belfry was siege tower. Are the words isle and island, raven and ravenous, or pan and pantry related etymologically? No, though they look strikingly similar, these words came to English via different routes. Partly a history, partly a how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.

Noah Webster and the American Dictionary

Author : David Micklethwait
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786421572
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Noah Webster and the American Dictionary written by David Micklethwait and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-01-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noah Webster was described by the publisher of a competing dictionary as "a vain ... plodding Yankee, who aspired to be a second Johnson"--a criticism that rings mostly true. He was certainly vain and, born in Connecticut, undeniably a Yankee. Moreover, though he referred to Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language as a "barren desart of philology," the American lexicographer relied heavily on the book during the creation of his own American Dictionary, going so far as to filch whole sections. And few would seem more "plodding" than Webster, who was positively obsessed with collecting and preserving bits of information. He kept records of the weather, carefully logged the number of houses in every new town he passed through, filed away every scrap of his writing and everything written about him, and filled the margins of his books with references, dates and corrections. The proud Yankee's sensibilities, however, also made him a fine lexicographer. Generally credited with distinguishing American spelling and usage from British, Webster shunned prescriptive mores and was doggedly loyal to his own language habits, as well as to those of the average American speaker. The book covers Webster's major publications and the influences and methods that shaped them; recounts his life as schoolteacher, copyright law champion, and itinerant lecturer; and examines the Webster legacy. An appendix containing title page reproductions from Webster's books, as well as some from his predecessors and competitors, is also included.

Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Author : Francis Grose
Publisher : The Floating Press
ISBN 13 : 1776532759
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue written by Francis Grose and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, most dictionaries have served the purpose of preserving the purity of the language, usually preferring the erudite vocabulary of the affluent upper classes to the salty, constantly evolving slang of their working-class counterparts. That began to change in the early modern period, when several innovative lexicographers began publishing collections of slang terms used by particular subcultures, such as criminals. According to scholars, Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is one of the most important and complete of these early slang dictionaries. Spend some time with this fascinating volume to learn the slang definitions of words and phrases like "poisoned" (pregnant), "shooting the cat" (vomiting after excess alcohol consumption), and "snoozing ken" (a brothel).

Samuel Johnson's Insults

Author : Jack Lynch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802719341
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Samuel Johnson's Insults written by Jack Lynch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lackbrain, oysterwench, wantwit, clotpoll--Samuel Johnson's famous dictionary of 1755 contained some of the ripest insults in the English language. In Samuel Johnson's Insults, Jack Lynch has compiled more than 300 of the curmudgeonly lexicographer's mightiest barbs, along with definitions only the master himself could elucidate. Word lovers will delight in flexing their linguistic muscles with devilishly descriptive vituperations that pack a wicked punch. Many of these zingers have long lain dormant. Some have even come close to extinction. Now they're back in all their prickly glory, ready to be relished once more.

Mind in Nature

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Mind in Nature written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Curmudgeon Woman

Author : Nancy Henley
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740710070
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Curmudgeon Woman written by Nancy Henley and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curmudgeons have for ages spiked life and literature with barbs and arrows, which are never so sharp as when shot from a woman's sling. From Shakespeare's Shrew to television's Maude, they've added pepper to the often bland stew of human conversation. Organized into 50 broad categories, The Curmudgeon Woman is a collection of 500 quotations from more than 300 razor-witted females. Covering a period from the 1600s to the present, they share their needle-sharp points of view on such engaging topics as aging, happiness, sex, marriage, inequality, fashion, life, and death. Not just funny, not just nasty, The Curmudgeon Woman combines sharp wit with deep truths. With contributions ranging from Minna Antrim (Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.) to Natalie Wood (The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.), The Curmudgeon Woman displays a wry sense of humor and more wisdom than ought to be allowed.

Devils River Country

Author : Walter Block
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1477237240
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book Devils River Country written by Walter Block and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Del Rio. Val Verde. By the river. The Green Valley. The great grand parents and their kin came. By horse . . . wagon . . . stage coach . . . foot back. They settled the village. Helped name it Del Rio. Assisted in forming Val Verde County. Grandparents told stories: of their coming to live in the wonderful country where Devils River, the Pecos, and the Rio Grande meet . . . of early times in the boundary area where the Chihuahuan Desert from the west meets hills of the Edwards Plateau to the north and merges with Tamaulipas brush land from the south and the east. Times change. Winter-time tale-tellings before the fireplace on grand-dad’s knee . . . warm-weather story-sharings on the back porch in grand-ma’s lap . . . wisps of Prince Albert pipe smoke . . .twinkings of twilight fire-flies . . . all eroded away by movies, television, and cell phones. But there are still stories to tell. Tales to pass on. Things we want children – grandchildren – those still to come – to remember – in times yet to be. This book is a gathering of happenings – remembrances of events – glimpses of parenting – thoughts of yesteryear. It tells of: Horses and windmills and tarantulas . . . a wrong-way bus trip . . . a hidden wedding ring . . . sycamore trees . . . a lost bath and football shack showers . . . lions and toads and tin soldiers . . . a picket fence . . . old telephones . . . poison pig weed . . . a crusty old red rooster . . . building boats and reviving old cars . . . holiday traditions . . . hunting experiences . . . sailing fiascos . . . and more.