Spin-glish

A must-read in the mail: Spin-glish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language by Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf.

“Spinglish—the devious dialect of English used by professional spin doctors—is all around us. And the fact is, until you’ve mastered it, politicians and corporations (not to mention your colleagues and friends) will continue putting things over on you, and generally getting the better of you, every minute of every day—without your even knowing it.”