Slam Dunks and No-Brainers: Language in Your Life, the Media, Business, Politics, and, Like, Whatever
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Language Arts & Disciplines, In this marvelously original book, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan offers fascinating insights into why we're all talking the talk Duh; Bring it on!; Bling ; Whatever! and what this reveals about America today. Savan traces the paths that phrases like these travel from obscure slang to pop stardom, selling everything from cars (ads for VWs, Mitsubishis, and Mercurys all pitch them as no-brainers) to wars (finding WMD in Iraq was to be a slam dunk). Real people create these catchy phrases, but once media, politics, and businesses broadcast them, they burst out of our mouths as celebrity words, newly glamorous and powerful. Witty, fun, and full of thought-provoking stories about the origins of popular expressions, Slam Dunks and No-Brainers is for everyone who loves the mysteries of language. From the Trade Paperback edition. eBook.

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In this marvelously original book, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan offers fascinating insights into why we’re all talking the talk—Duh; Bring it on!; Bling; Whatever!—and what this reveals about America today. Savan traces the paths that phrases like these travel from obscure slang to pop stardom, selling everything from cars (ads for VWs, Mitsubishis, and Mercurys all pitch them as “no-brainer”s) to wars (finding WMD in Iraq was to be a “slam dunk”). Real people create these catchy phrases, but once media, politics, and businesses broadcast them, they burst out of our mouths as celebrity words, newly glamorous and powerful. Witty, fun, and full of thought-provoking stories about the origins of popular expressions, Slam Dunks and No-Brainers is for everyone who loves the mysteries of language. Paperback, Ausgabe: First Edition, Label: Vintage, Vintage, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-10-10, Freigegeben: 2006-10-10, Studio: Vintage, Verkaufsrang: 2943974.

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In this marvelously original book, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan offers fascinating insights into why we’re all talking the talk—Duh; Bring it on!; Bling; Whatever!—and what this reveals about America today. Savan traces the paths that phrases like these travel from obscure slang to pop stardom, selling everything from cars (ads for VWs, Mitsubishis, and Mercurys all pitch them as “no-brainer”s) to wars (finding WMD in Iraq was to be a “slam dunk”). Real people create these catchy phrases, but once media, politics, and businesses broadcast them, they burst out of our mouths as celebrity words, newly glamorous and powerful. Witty, fun, and full of thought-provoking stories about the origins of popular expressions, Slam Dunks and No-Brainers is for everyone who loves the mysteries of language. Paperback, Ausgabe: First Edition, Label: Vintage, Vintage, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-10-10, Freigegeben: 2006-10-10, Studio: Vintage, Verkaufsrang: 2943974.

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communication,communication and journalism,communication and media studies,communications,education and reference,linguistics,media studies,politics and social sciences,popular culture,reference, A marvelously original and informative book about the ever-changing American language that offers surprising insights into why we talk the way we talk. With dazzling wit and acuity, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan dissects contemporary language to discover what our most popular idioms reveal about America today. She traces the paths that words and expressions travel from obscurity to ubiquity. She describes how "real people" create slang and colorful phrases (I don't think so; Bring it on!; Dude; Outside the box); how the media, advertising, politics, and business mine the language for these phrases in order to better sell products, ideas, and personalities; and how these expressions, now that they've hit the big time, then burst out of our mouths as "celebrity words," newly glamorous and persuasive. Words like Duh! and Whatever have become such an indispensable form of communication that they're replacing our need to articulate any real thought. Whether it's George Tenet convincing George W. Bush that finding WMD in Iraq would be "a slam dunk" or Microsoft telling you that its latest software is a "no-brainer," this bright, snappy language affects us all-up close and personal.Smart, dynamic, and great fun, Slam Dunks and No-Brainers is-for everyone who loves the mysteries and idiosyncrasies of language-well, a no-brainer.

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