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Frantic Semantics
John Morrish
其他書名
Snapshots of Our Changing Language
出版Pan Books, 2000
ISBN03303766759780330376679
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NVwAHQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Frantic Semantics takes a witty look at the use and abuse of words in current English usage. What does It mean in It-girl? How has anorak, which used to be an item for clothing, come to be a form of abuse? How is babe being used for men in the post-feminist age? Each entry looks at the history of the word, how it has changed and what it has come to mean.