Gobbledygook : how cliches, sludge and management-speak are strangling our public language
Watson, Don2004
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When was the last time you heard a politician use words that rang with truth and meaning? Do your eyes glaze over when you read a letter from your bank or insurance company? Don Watson takes a blowtorch to the words, and their users, that sterilise the language and kill imagination and clarity.
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Rev. ed.
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London : Atlantic, 2004.
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200 p. ; 22 cm.
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Previous ed.: published as Death sentence. Milsons Point, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, 2003.Originally published: as Death sentence. Milsons Point, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, 2003.
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18435435679781843543565
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English
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400370
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