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Author McCutcheon, Chuck, 1963- author.

Title Dog whistles, walk-backs, and Washington handshakes : decoding the jargon, slang, and bluster of American political speech / Chuck McCutcheon and David Mark ; foreword by Jeff Greenfield.

Publication Info. Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 251 pages)
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-246) and index.
Contents Bed-wetters, sherpas, squishes, and other personality types -- "With all due respect, I deeply regret holding you in minimum high regard": only-in-politics expressions -- Going downtown through the Overton window to play in the endgame: people, places, and things, both real and imagined -- On a glide path with an odd couple to nut-cutting time: the legislative process -- Dead money, dog whistles, and droppin' the G's: the lingo of campaigns and elections -- Having to explain blowback on the tick-tock: the media and scandals.
Summary "This book is a tonic and a corrective. It is a reference and a field guide to the language of politics by two veteran observers that not only defines terms and phrases but also explains their history and etymology, describes who uses them against whom, and why, and reveals the most telling, infamous, amusing, and shocking examples of their recent use. It is a handbook of lexicography for the Wonkette generation, a sleeker, more modern 'Safire's Political Dictionary', and a concise, bipartisan guide to the lies and helical constructions of American political languages."-- from the publisher.
Subject Political science -- Terminology -- Dictionaries.
English language -- Political aspects -- United States -- Dictionaries.
Political science -- Dictionaries.
Political science -- Terminology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
English language -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00911524
Political science -- Terminology. (OCoLC)fst01069846
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
Added Author Mark, David, 1973- author.
Greenfield, Jeff, writer of foreword.
Other Form: Print version: McCutcheon, Chuck, 1963- Dog whistles, walk-backs, and Washington handshakes. Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, [2014] 9781611687002 (DLC) 2014933702 (OCoLC)877371319
ISBN 9781611686579 (electronic bk.)
1611686571 (electronic bk.)
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