A Very Modern Dictionary: Over 600 words, phrases and abbreviations to keep your culture game on point....

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Tobias Anthony

A Very Modern Dictionary

Over 600 words, phrases and abbreviations to keep your culture game on point.

Tobias Anthony

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Smith Street Books
01 February 2020

Slang & dialect humour

This handy dictionary hilariously captures the state of the English language in the year 2020. The Internet – and more specifically, social media – can make new and confusing words spread like wildfire. So it's easy to feel like sometimes you get left behind in the linguistic dust. For example, do you know your bromance from your dudevorce, your turnt from your thirst trap? How about bae or doe? What about FOMO, lit AF, tea (sigh--no, Dad, not the drink), dead (no, not the state of nonbeing)? Look, we totally get it--communicating in the modern world is hard. So with more than 600 entries, all replete with sassy definitions, let this book be your definitive guide to the modern English language.

With this updated and expanded edition of the original 2017 version, A Very Modern Dictionary finds itself at the very forefront of modern parlance. No longer will you need to ask the closest teenager to translate that meme sailing right over your head--this book is your passport to the new world of semantics.

By: Tobias Anthony
Imprint: Smith Street Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 122mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 310g
ISBN: 9781925811360
ISBN 10: 1925811360
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 February 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tobias Anthony is an author and university teacher in creative writing. He has recently completed a PhD examining the representations of mass culture in contemporary fiction. He has previously published From Ace to Zowie, Should I Buy This Book?, Ginger Pride, and the original 2017 edition of A Very Modern Dictionary.

Reviews for A Very Modern Dictionary: Over 600 words, phrases and abbreviations to keep your culture game on point.

If you feel like the vernacular of millennial culture has left you behind, never fear. A Very Modern Dictionary is an elegant way to ensure that you keep your cultural game on point. * Happy Mag *