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Nunberg, Geoffrey
Adult Nonfiction P107 .N86 2001
Nunberg, Geoffrey
Adult Nonfiction P107 .N86 2001
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| Contents | Page |
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| Preface | p. vii |
| The Passing Scene | |
| The Choice of Sophie {{1989}} | p. 3 |
| Vietnamese for Travelers {{1989}} | p. 6 |
| You Know {{1992}} | p. 8 |
| Yesss, Indeed! {{1995}} | p. 11 |
| Look-See {{1994}} | p. 13 |
| The N-Word {{1995}} | p. 16 |
| Some Pig! {{1995}} | p. 18 |
| A Few of My Favorite Words {{1995}} | p. 20 |
| Rex Ipse {{1995}} | p. 23 |
| An Interjection for the Age {{1997}} | p. 26 |
| The Last Post {{1997}} | p. 29 |
| As a Cigarette Should {{1997}} | p. 32 |
| Go Figure {{1998}} | p. 35 |
| The Past Is Another Country {{1998}} | p. 38 |
| Yadda Yadda Doo {{1998}} | p. 41 |
| Gen Z and Counting {{1999}} | p. 44 |
| Wordplay in the Country {{1999}} | p. 47 |
| Turn-of-the-Century {{2000}} | p. 50 |
| Word Histories | |
| Hoosiers {{1989}} | p. 55 |
| Easy on the Zeal {{1992}} | p. 58 |
| The Decline of Slang {{1992}} | p. 61 |
| The Last Galoot {{1992}} | p. 64 |
| Uber and Out {{1993}} | p. 66 |
| The Burbs {{1995}} | p. 69 |
| Rebirth of the Cool {{1996}} | p. 73 |
| Remembering Ned Ludd {{1996}} | p. 76 |
| Paparazzo and Friends {{1997}} | p. 79 |
| The Cult Quotient {{1997}} | p. 82 |
| Portmanteau Words {{1999}} | p. 85 |
| Ten Suffixes That Changed the World {{1999}} | p. 88 |
| The Edge {{2000}} | p. 91 |
| No Picnic {{2000}} | p. 94 |
| Community Sting {{2000}} | p. 97 |
| Politics of the English Language | |
| Force and Violence {{1990}} | p. 103 |
| Eastern Questions {{1991}} | p. 106 |
| A Suffix in the Sand {{1991}} | p. 109 |
| PC {{1991}} | p. 112 |
| Party Down {{1996}} | p. 115 |
| Standard Issue {{1997}} | p. 118 |
| Group Grope {{1998}} | p. 122 |
| The Jewish Question {{2000}} | p. 125 |
| Only Contract {{2000}} | p. 128 |
| Chad Row {{2000}} | p. 131 |
| The Two R'S | |
| I Put a Spell on You {{1990}} | p. 137 |
| Naming of Parts {{1994}} | p. 140 |
| Reading for the Plot {{1994}} | p. 143 |
| Split Decision {{1995}} | p. 146 |
| Sex and the Singular Verb {{1996}} | p. 149 |
| Verbed Off {{1997}} | p. 151 |
| Hell in a Handcar {{1999}} | p. 154 |
| Distinctions {{2000}} | p. 157 |
| Points in Your Favor {{2000}} | p. 160 |
| Shall Game {{2001}} | p. 163 |
| Literacy Literacy {{2001}} | p. 166 |
| Technical Terms | |
| The Dactyls of October {{1995}} | p. 173 |
| Virtual Rialto {{1995}} | p. 176 |
| The Talking Gambit {{1997}} | p. 178 |
| Lost in Space {{1997}} | p. 181 |
| A Wink is As Good As a Nod {{1997}} | p. 184 |
| How the Web Was Won {{1998}} | p. 187 |
| The Software We Deserve {{1998}} | p. 190 |
| Have It My Way {{1998}} | p. 193 |
| The Writing on the Walls {{1999}} | p. 195 |
| Its Own Reward {{2000}} | p. 198 |
| Hackers {{2000}} | p. 201 |
| Business Talk | |
| You're Out of Here {{1996}} | p. 207 |
| Whaddya Know? {{1998}} | p. 210 |
| Slides Rule {{1999}} | p. 213 |
| Come Together, Right Now {{1999}} | p. 216 |
| It's the Thought That Matters {{2000}} | p. 220 |
| A Name Too Far {{2000}} | p. 223 |
| Having Issues {{2000}} | p. 226 |
| Valediction | |
| Pack It In! {{1999}} | p. 231 |
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