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The definitive dictionary of slang by ben zimmer summary
The definitive dictionary of slang by ben zimmer summary










the definitive dictionary of slang by ben zimmer summary

It has become something of a literary cliché to bash the thesaurus, or at the very least, to warn fellow writers that it is a book best left alone. Next to each other on the same line inside a poem,Ī small chapel where weddings like these,īetween perfect strangers, can take place. Surely, you have seen pairs of them standing forever In love with a completely different word. Wandering the world where they sometimes fall I would rather see words out on their own, awayįrom their families and the warehouse of Roget, While others huddle alone in dark streets. Such thing as a synonym and because I get nervousĪround people who always assemble with their own kind,įorming clubs and nailing signs to closed front doors I rarely open it, because I know there is no I can see my own copy up on a high shelf.












The definitive dictionary of slang by ben zimmer summary