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THIS SEPTIC ISLE
A REVISED DICTIONARY FOR MODERN BRITAIN |
| By: |
Mike Barfield |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0091925282 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780091925284 |
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| Publisher: |
EBURY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
4 September, 2008 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
A dictionary that defines 21st Century Britain in a witty way. It contains 2,000 entries, ranging from satire to the downright silly. Definitions include: Empathy - the shared understanding between two people on the same pay grade; Epidemic - the rapid and uncontrollable spread of anything contagious through newspapers; Threatening letters - MRSA, ASBO, OHMS, GBH, HIV, etc.; Wendy House - play home now banned from schools for giving children unrealistic expectations of future home ownership. |
| Synopsis: |
Dictionary: A book with a beginning, a middle and an end - but not in that order. This "Septic Isle" is a dictionary that re-defines 21st Century Britain in the wickedest and wittiest way imaginable. In an age where Spin is King, this super-cynical, irreverant reference book finally tells it like it is, not like it isn't and never will be. With 2,000 entries, ranging from razor-sharp satire to the downright silly, "This Septic Isle" is the perfect antidote to our irascible era. Politics, pop culture, sport, the Internet, TV, food, the environment, journalism, sex, PR, consumerism, war, religion, Royalty, terrorism, traffic - no subject is safe. No sacred cow is spared a jaunt to the slaughterhouse.This title covers definitions including: Conservation - process by which dwindling areas of natural beauty are preserved for future generations to build; Dead - not answering one's mobile phone or responding to emails; Empathy - the shared understanding between two people on the same pay grade; Epidemic - the rapid and uncontrollable spread of anything contagious through newspapers; Part-time employee - full-time employee with a smoking habit, a FaceBook page and an ebay account; Refrigerator - device for keeping salad and vegetables chilled before throwing them away unused; Threatening letters - MRSA, ASBO, OHMS, GBH, HIV, etc.; Wendy House - play home now banned from schools for giving children unrealistic expectations of future home ownership; and, Xenophobia - the Englishman's hatred of foreigners - from the Latin words 'xenos' and 'phobos'.Mike Barfield's updated definitions put the spin in the bin and prove there's one area in which beleaguered Britons can still proudly claim to lead the world: laughing at their problems. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Ebury Press |
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