Title: Slam dunks and no-brainers : language in your life, the media, business, politics, and, like, whatever /
Authors: Savan, Leslie.
Publisher: Knopf,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Mass media and language United States.; Mass media and culture United States.; Language and culture United States.; Intercultural communication United States.; Popular culture United States; English language Rhetoric; United States Civilization
Abstract: Explores the continuously evolving mysteries and complexities of the English language from the perspective of what popular idioms reveal about American society and culture.
Contents: Prologue : 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.