Awkword Moments
a lively guide to the 100 terms smart people should know
$48.38
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2020
Summary
Awkword Moments: Master the Words Smart People Pretend to Know
A compendium of 100 words and phrases smart people use–even if they only kinda sorta (secretly don’t) know what they mean–with pithy definitions and fascinating etymologies to solidify their meanings.
Your boss makes a joke about Schrodinger’s cat–which is something you’ve heard of but you’re a little vague about what exactly happened (or didn’t happen) with that cat. Or you’re reading a New Yorker artic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781984856388 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1984856383 |
| Author: | Ross Petras, Kathryn Petras |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ten Speed Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm |
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About The Author
Ross Petras
Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras are the authors of the #1 bestselling page-a-day calendar The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said and many other humor and gift books, most recently That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means. They recently launched a new NPR-affiliate podcast based on their New York Times bestseller You’re Saying It Wrong. Their work has received the attention of personalities like David Brinkley and Howard Stern, and media outlets including the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, Washington Post, HuffPost, and the Times (UK). They have appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows including Good Morning America (about menopause), CNN (about bad poetry), and Fox & Friends (about Paris Hilton).
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