Schott’s Significa
an unexpectedly essential guide to language
$44.01
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2025
Summary
Unlock the Secret Language of Modern Life: Schott’s Significa
Schott is back with Schott’s Significa, an indispensable field guide to the hidden lore and language of our modern age!
A language taxonomy for our curious times, this book dives into the complex, private systems of knowledge and language that surround us every day. Every trade, gang, clique, and profession develops a private lexicon of words, signs, and signals to bind its members closer while keeping st…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241736609 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241736609 |
| Author: | Ben Schott |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 251mm x 170mm x 35mm |
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About The Author
Ben Schott
Ben Schott is the creator and designer of the international bestseller Schott’s Original Miscellany and its three sequels. He subsequently published a series of Schott’s Almanacs, a collection of German neologisms - Schottenfreude - and two authorized homages to P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and The King of Clubs and Jeeves and The Leap of Faith. Together, these books have sold some 2.5 million copies in 21 languages (including Braille). Ben has written for the Times, The Telegraph, The New York Times, The Spectator, The Guardian, Private Eye, Reader’s Digest and The Paris Review, among others. In 2004 he won a D&AD Pencil for Creative Excellence, and in 2015 he won the James Beard award for humour.
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