num_pages: 256
description: In this hilarious update of his original Dictionary bewigged lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson takes a curmudgeonly look at modern life from Celebrity Big Brother to dubstep In 2009 Dr Samuel Johnson made a surprise reemergence from 18th century retirement and began Twittering. It proved the perfect vehicle for his acerbic aphoristic wit and he has quickly become the darling of the site. The Guardian calls him the greatest thing on Twitter and the Telegraph dubs him its star. Our gouty man of letters finds the modern world in a parlous state. It is peopled with fools like Raisin-ey'd Tyrant Mister Nick GRIFFIN and BABOON-SLAYER Fop Macaroni Dandy &amp; Folderol Mister AA Gill. His attempts to negotiate a path through the vagaries of modern life do not fare well eitherfor instance on a trip to Mister LIBERTY'S blast'd Haberdashery upon finding all else clad as Lumber-Jacks I left thwart'd &amp; alone unwilling to dress as an unmanly Pastiche of Mister COBAIN. From Top Gear and the Daily Mail to David Cameron and Celebrity Big Brother nothing escapes his sardonic gaze.
language: English
title: Dr Johnson's Dictionary of Modern Life: Survey, Definition & Justify'd Lampoonery of Divers Contemporary Phenomena, from Top Gear unto Twitter
publisher: Square Peg