It's Not Rocket Science - Clive Whichelow, Hugh Murray

It's Not Rocket Science

And other irritating modern cliches
Buch | Hardcover
208 Seiten
2007
Portrait (Verlag)
978-0-7499-5159-7 (ISBN)
12,45 inkl. MwSt
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Takes the readers through various aspects of modern life to find the most prevalent, ubiquitous and downright irritating cliches of our age. This dictionary of cliches highlights the phrases we are being subjected to 24/7.
In the last thirty years new technology, fashion, and social set-ups have spawned new cliches galore. Everything on the Internet is available at the 'click of a mouse', TV presenters ask the audience to 'give it up' when they want them to applaud, call centres tell us 'we value your call' even though 'all our operators are busy'. And if you're 'gobsmacked' by all this you may be told to 'get a life', 'chill out' or 'whatever'.It's Not Rocket Science sifts through all aspects of modern life to find the most prevalent, ubiquitous and downright irritating cliches of our age. This high-octane, caffeine-fuelled, dictionary of cliches highlights the freshly-hackneyed phrases we're being subjected to 24/7.So how good is that? And what's not to like?

Clive Whichelow has written for the likes of Rory Bremner, Jonathan Ross, Spitting Image and Smith and Jones and written for the Mail On Sunday, Express, and others. Hugh Murray's TV and radio writing credits include work for Steve Coogan, Smack the Pony, Monkey Dust and others.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.10.2007
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 123 x 177 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-7499-5159-1 / 0749951591
ISBN-13 978-0-7499-5159-7 / 9780749951597
Zustand Neuware
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