The words you should know to sound smart / 1,200 essential words every sophisticated person should be able to use
Robert W Bly
- New York: , 2009
- 245 p.: ill.; 22 cm
Includes index.
A tongue-in-cheek guide to words that a smart, well-educated, pretentious person should be able to drop into cocktail conversation. It helps the reader to toss off words such as 'Disestablishmentarianism', 'descant', and 'autodidactic', proving, if not the value of a good education, at least the appearance of a good education.
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English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. Vocabulary. English language.