Word abuse
Subtitle: how the words we use use us
By: Donna Woolfolk Cross ; introd. by William Woolfolk.
Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: English language -- United States -- Usage; English language -- Jargon; English language -- Social aspects; Lexicology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: pagenum: 11
title: Lament and Introduction by William Woolfolk; title: Cries and Calls
pagenum: 23
label: 1; title: Professional Word Abusers
pagenum: 37
label: 2; title: Get Your Facts First — Then Distort 'Em All you Like
pagenum: 69
label: 3; title: They Couldn't Say It If It Weren't True
pagenum: 91
label: 4; title: Color Me a Word
pagenum: 111
label: 5; title: Dirty Words
pagenum: 139
label: 6; title: Soft Words
pagenum: 155
label: 7; title: Easy Words
pagenum: 171
label: 8; title: Politics: The Art of Bamboozling Words
pagenum: 187
label: 9; title: Now What?
pagenum: 211
label: 10; pagenum: 229
title: Notes