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245 10 $aSlam dunks and no-brainers :$blanguage in your life, the media, business, politics, and, like, whatever /$cLeslie Savan.
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300 $aviii, 340 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [315]-318) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue : Are we having fun yet? -- Here's the deal -- Pop talk is history -- What's black, then white, and said all over? -- Don't even think about telling me "I don't think so" : the media, meanness, and me -- The great American yesss! -- Populist pop and the regular guy -- The community of commitment-centered words -- Digit talk in the Unit States of America -- Epilogue : It's like, you know, the end.
520 $aExplores the continuously evolving mysteries and complexities of the English language from the perspective of what popular idioms reveal about American society and culture.
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