Sir, Tim Harford laments the use of jargon (“polysyllabic obfuscations”) by economists (FT Weekend, November 25-26). I am afraid my profession, law, suffers from the same problem. I am just finishing ...
Before Nick Hornby became a successful author, he was an unsuccessful critic. We know this because his struggles in the world of freelance journalism supplied the backdrop for his first book, Fever ...
Judge Selya enlivened his writing with original vocabulary and colorful figures of speech. “Selyaisms” included asseverate, crapulous and sockdolager. By Trip Gabriel Bruce M. Selya, a federal judge ...
Kipen on Books: Nick Hornby, 'The Polysyllabic Spree'Day to Day book reviewer David Kipen takes a look at The Polysyllabic Spree, the latest work from About a Boy author Nick Hornby.
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