Re: word mis-use

Subject: Re: word mis-use
From: Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 17:41:40 -0500

Enough references to gag-a-maggot.
<sorry y'all.. it's a S'th'rn thang>

<snip>

>In fact, it's called the Dictionary of
> Problem Words and Expressions and it contains most of the phrases folks
> have mentioned so far.

<snip>

Freeman, Morton S. A Handbook of Problem Words and Phrases.

Maggio, Rosalie. The Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free
Usage.

Mager, N. H., and Mager, S. K. The Morrow Book of New Words: 8,500 Terms
Not Yet in Standard Dictionaries.

Neaman, Judith S., and Silver, Carole. Kind Words: A Thesaurus of
Euphemisms.

Miller, Don Ethan. The Book of Jargon: An Essential Guide to the Inside
Languages of Today.

http://pages.prodigy.com/NY/NYC/britspk/dictlink.html
Brit-American fun ;-)

http://www.best.com/~smurman/soga/misc/research.html
Dictionary of Useful Research Phrases???

http://www.onelook.com/
(722297 words in 159 dictionaries now indexed)


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