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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable John Ayto

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable By John Ayto

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable by John Ayto


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Summary

Previous ed. compiled by Adrian Room. London: Cassell, 2002.

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable Summary

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable by John Ayto

It's totally revised, completely updated for the 21st century, and better than ever--featuring more than 8,000 of the most contemporary words, idioms, catchphrases, slogans, names, nicknames, "named" events, and book, film, and TV titles. And they're all defined and fully explained in lively style. From "bootylicious" to "Hogwarts," it focuses on the riches of the modern verbal imagination, and follows the time-honored" Brewer's "tradition of telling fascinating stories about the derivation and origins of each. The new editing team of John Ayto and Ian Crofton have polished the entire existing text and added some 1,000 new articles covering the cultural spectrum from literature to music, comic strips to computer games.

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable Reviews

"I can't remember when I last learnt quite so many different things from one book" -- Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday "...peerless...Brewer's has kept ahead of the game by compiling this marvelous compendium...It has captured the flavour of the past 100 years" -- The Times

About John Ayto

Ian Crofton is a freelance writer and editor. His publications include A Dictionary of Musical Quotations (with Donald Fraser) and A Dictionary of Art Quotations and he was editor-in-chief of The Guinness Encyclopedia. He contributed entries on history, music and art to Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable and has written articles for a number of other children's and adults' reference books.

John Ayto is a writer and lexicographer. He is the editor of the 17th edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and co-author (with Ian Crofton) of Brewer's Britain and Ireland. His other authorial credits include The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slang and The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Histories. He lives in London.

Previous titles include:

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable: 1st Ed (Feb 2001)

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GOR002859884
9780304368099
0304368091
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable by John Ayto
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hodder Education
2006-10-15
868
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