Weasel Words

by Philip Howard

Discussions of forty words that have changed in meaning over the past few decades testify to the continuing resilience of the English language while castigating misuses and abuses

Paperback

First published February 1, 1979

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[Al Maki]

As a student of both language and mendacity it seemed like a promising title for a book on words but when I found he was unhappy with the newfangled word “basic”, it having been coined only in the first half of the nineteenth century, I decided it was not a book for me.