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Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, Famous Last Words, and Other Forms of Minimalist Communication

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Author(s): Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez, Rob Flynn
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 320

Contents......Page 8
Preface: A Quick Tour of the Park......Page 10
1 In the Eye of the Beholder: What’s Your Sign?......Page 18
2 In the Dictionary: The Lexicographers Have Spoken......Page 44
3 By the Great Crikes!: Oaths Both Sacred and Profane......Page 68
4 On or About Your Person: The Talk of the Territories of the Self......Page 92
5 On the Lam: The World of Word Crime......Page 120
6 In the News: All That’s Fit to Print, and Then Some......Page 146
7 On the Phone: Your Call Is Important 2 Us......Page 170
8 In the Mail: From SVBE to SWAK......Page 194
9 In and Out of Trouble: Warnings, Excuses, and Remedial Work......Page 218
10 In the End: Last Words......Page 238
Acknowledgments......Page 266
Bibliography......Page 268
A......Page 292
B......Page 293
C......Page 294
D......Page 296
E......Page 297
F......Page 298
H......Page 299
I......Page 300
K......Page 301
L......Page 302
M......Page 303
N......Page 304
P......Page 306
Q......Page 307
R......Page 308
S......Page 309
T......Page 311
W......Page 312
Z......Page 313