Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture.(Book Review)

Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture. Paul McFedries. New York: Broadway Books, 2004.

As I write this, Senator John F. Kerry--the Democratic Party's Seabiscut candidate--is poised to compete against George W. Bush in the November 2004 presidential election. According to the punditocracy, this could be another unusually close contest. Bush has a veritable lock on the Nascar dad vote, whereas Kerry is a sure thing among soccer moms. Sadly, the outcome will have a much to do with how spinnable the situation in Iraq becomes, and which side has the better oppo unit to respond to the other candidate's speakos, character frags, and attack ads, even in the blue …