Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language [Hardcover]

Spinglish—the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors—is all around us. And the fact is, until you’ve mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day—without your even knowing it.
            However, once you perfect the art of terminological inexactitude,you’llbe the one manipulating and one-upping everyone else! And here’s the beauty part: Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, authors of theNew York Timessemi-bestsellerThe Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook,have compiled this handy yet astonishingly comprehensive lexicon and translation guide—afictionary, if you will—to help you do just that. If you want to succeed in business (or politics, sports, the arts, or life in general) without really lying, this is the book for you! (Your results may vary.)
           Spinglishincludes these nifty bits of spurious verbiage and over a thousand more:
 
aesthetic procedure– face-lift
dairy nutrients– cow manure
enhanced interrogation techniques– torture
 “For your convenience.”– “Forourconvenience.”
hands-on mentoring– sexual relations with a junior employee
incomplete success– failure
rightsizing– firing people
zero-tasking– doing nothing
 
            With each and every entry sourced from some of the greatest real-life language benders in the world today, you’re virtually guaranteed to have the perfectly chosen tried-and-untrue term right at the tip lÖ