Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Chicago Printer
Author: The Inland Printer
Author: Printing Trade News
Author: The F-Word
Author: Jesse SheidlowerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199751552
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
We all know what frak, popularized by television's cult hit Battlestar Galactica, really means. But what about feck? Or ferkin? Or foul--as in FUBAR, or "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition"? In a thoroughly updated edition of The F-Word, Jesse Sheidlower offers a rich, revealing look at the f-bomb and its illimitable uses. Since the fifteenth century, no other word has been adapted, interpreted, euphemized, censored, and shouted with as much ardor or force; imagine Dick Cheney telling Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to "go damn himself" on the Senate floor--it doesn't have quite the same impact as what was really said. Sheidlower cites this and other notorious examples throughout history, from the satiric sixteenth-century poetry of James Cranstoun to the bawdy parodies of Lord Rochester in the seventeenth century, to more recent uses by Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Ann Sexton, Norman Mailer, Liz Phair, Anthony Bourdain, Junot Diaz, Jenna Jameson, Amy Winehouse, Jon Stewart, and Bono (whose use of the word at the Grammys nearly got him fined by the FCC). Collectively, these references and the more than one hundred new entries they illustrate double the size of The F-Word since its previous edition. Thousands of added quotations come from newly available electronic databases and the resources of the OED, expanding the range of quotations to cover British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Irish, and South African uses in addition to American ones. Thus we learn why a fugly must hone his or her sense of humor, why Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau muttered "fuddle duddle" in the Commons, and why Fanny Adams is so sweet. A fascinating introductory essay explores the word's history, reputation, and changing popularity over time. and a new Foreword by comedian, actor, and author Lewis Black offers readers a smart and entertaining take on the book and its subject matter. Oxford dictionaries have won renown for their expansive, historical approach to words and their etymologies. The F-Word offers all that and more in an entertaining and informative look at a word that, while now largely accepted as an integral part of the English language, still confounds, provokes, and scandalizes.
100 Wood Type Alphabets
Author: Rob Roy KellyPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486235335
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Beautiful selection of 100 19th-century American wood type fonts, many reproduced at actual size. Each font features a complete alphabet of capitals; many include lowercase letters, numerals, and punctuation marks.
Victorian Display Alphabets
Author: Dan X. SoloPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486233022
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Artists, crafters, and designers will rejoice in 100 unusual and authentic Victorian type fonts. Plain and decorative alphabets include Calliope, Buffalo Bill, Shaded Barnum, Fargo, Jackpot, and Burlesque. Styles range from bold Bohemia and Broadside to delicate Aeolian Open and Arboret. Many include lowercase letters and numbers, plus Victorian printer's ornaments.
The History of Printing in America
Author: Isaiah ThomasPublisher: Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell, printer
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The London Lancet
Author: Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Author: Jonathan E. LighterPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195174182
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Specimens of Electrotypes Comprising Cuts, Borders, Initials, Ornaments, Etc
Author: Franklin engraving and electrotyping co., ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electrotype
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
