Neo-Words: A Dictionary of the Newest and Most Unusual Words of Our Times

Barnhart, David K.

ISBN 10: 0020282257 / ISBN 13: 9780020282259

Published by Crowell-Collier Pr, 1991

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nice softcover first edition only light wear seen.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Neo-Words: A Dictionary of the Newest and Most Unusual Words of Our Times
• Publisher: Crowell-Collier Pr
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0020282257
• ISBN 13: 9780020282259
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Smith, Elwood H.
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Explains the meaning and origins of words created in the last ten years, from access charge and boutique farmer to workaphile and zap-proof

Reviews

Lexicographer Barnhart, who publishes a quarterly updating of general dictionaries, The Barnhart Dictionary Companion , here assembles some 100 terms that gained currency during the 1980s. Many (e.g., fax, hacker, HIV, smartcard) reflect new technologies, discoveries, or lifestyles; others might have arisen in any era. The tersely written entries give the part of speech, short definition, first recorded usage, and probable derivation, occasionally adding a note on pronunciation (e.g., glasnost) or other background. Some terms may be awkward amalgams or dated curiosities, but the need to keep pace with the language suggests that this should be in most libraries. However, a wider selection of new words is found in The New New Words Dictionary by Harold Lemay, Sid Lerner, and Marian Taylor (Ballantine, 1989). Illustrations were not seen.
- William A. Donovan, Chicago P.L.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.