“Cultural criticism takes the form of a dictionary in this slender, amusing volume.” A must read for a post-factual world, the expanded edition of The Evasion-English Dictionary is an insightful roadmap to popular words and phrases that reveal what we really mean, despite our use of what Richard Lederer called “linguistic camouflage.”

The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition

Humor & Entertainment

Balistreri, Maggie

Humor

Em Dash Group

"Maggie Balistreri takes dead aim at the 'Like, whatever' faction of English speakers . . . clear-minded grammar wins out in the end. Bravo."-Garrison Keillor This scathingly funny dictionary of euphemisms translates the, like, banalities of contemporary speech.

The Evasion-English Dictionary

Melville House

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The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition

The Evasion-English Dictionary