Wordbirds Schillinger Liesl

This charming and whimsically illustrated book of newly minted words--on politics and the media, love and friendship, work, play, family, fashion, and city life--is "a lexicon of witty neologisms for the modern age" (Vanity Fair).You are a typical citizen of the young millennium, caught up in the fast-paced megatasking socio-professional whirl of our ever-evolving digitally enhanced lives.If you've ever wondered what to call it when you answer the TV remote instead of the phone, or wished you had a phrase to capture your supervisor's stealth campaign to stall your career, here is your guide. Armed with Wordbirds, you will be able to skillfully talk your way into--or out of--any situation the twenty-first century throws at you.With 150 gorgeous, Now you can say "Oops, droidian slip " with ease, and call out your boss for the impedimentor that he is.