Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable

Focusing on the English of the 20th and 21st centuries, this impressive volume examines the linguistic and cultural significance of over 7,500 popular words and phrases. Its highly browsable encyclopedic entries cover topics as diverse as catchphrases, buzzwords, characters from film, TV and literature, slogans, idioms and modern cultural references. From Harry Potter to Posh and Becks, Chelsea tractors to 'cheap as chips', Brewer's Modern Phrase and Fable defines the world we live in.

About the author

Ian Crofton has compiled many works of reference, books of quotations and miscellanies over the years, including A Dictionary of Musical Quotations (with Donald Fraser), A Dictionary of Art Quotations, The Guinness Encyclopedia (as editor-in-chief), Brewer's Dictionary of Curious Titles, and, with John Ayto, Brewer's Britain and Ireland and the second edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable. He lives in North London with his family and three whippets.

Product details

• Authors: John Ayto, Ian Crofton
• Publisher: Hodder Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2009
• EAN: 9780550105646
• ISBN: 978-0-550-10564-6
• No. of pages: 864
• Weight: 1782 g
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias