Worst Words

A New Compendium of Contemporary Cant and Gibberish

Don Watson

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Vintage
02 November 2015

Language: history & general works; Reference

Dr Don Watson, with his trademark wit and wisdom, says: "Enough already!"

The English language is complex and evolving. It can win minds, hearts and nations. So why don't we try using it?

Depending on where you are on the change continuum, a quick pulse check will be in order and a scan of the forthcoming weather events before you move forward with your shark mitigation strategies.

Were any animals harmed in the above statement?

The level of customer-centric vigilance remains below acceptable benchmarks and weasel words continue to fill our mailboxes, inboxes, ears and minds.

As he did in Death Sentence and Weasel Words, Don Watson will make you cringe with recognition, and perhaps shame, encouraging you to rise up against this language that is obliterating all song, meaning and beauty from communication.

Worst Words: A New Compendium of Contemporary Cant and Gibberish by Don Watson at Abbey's Bookshop 131 York Street, Sydney

By: Don Watson
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780857983442
ISBN 10: 085798344X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 02 November 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Don Watson's Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: Paul Keating Prime Minister, won the Age Book of the Year and Non-Fiction Prizes, the Brisbane Courier Mail Book of the Year, the National Biography Award and the Australian Literary Studies Association's Book of the Year. His Quarterly Essay, Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America won the Alfred Deakin Essay Prize. Death Sentence, his best-selling book about the decay of public language won the Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year. Watson's Dictionary of Weasel Words was also a bestseller. American Journeys won the Age Non-Fiction and Book of the Year Awards. It also won the inaugural Indie Award for Non-Fiction and the Walkley Award for Non-Fiction.