Person: Ambrose Bierce

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New book highlights the words and phrases we should all avoid

Everyone has words they can’t stand, due to their misuse or overuse. Communications expert, Terry Prone has a rather long list, so long that she made them into a book, says Áilín Quinlan

Wed, 16 Dec, 2015

A parody of language and lexicon that literally gets on our nerves

The suggestion came from people driven nuts, by new words they don’t know and don’t like, by old words being misused, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 05 Oct, 2015

Let me be the Devil’s advocate and start ... by setting the agenda

A man named Ambrose Bierce once published a volume called The Devil’s Dictionary, filled with unorthodox definitions of terms common to late 19th century America, writes Terry Prone.

Mon, 23 Mar, 2015

Updated Devil’s Dictionary sorely needed to redefine modern Ireland

A WRITER named Ambrose Bierce, some considerable time back, published a wry reference book entitled The Devil’s Dictionary.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2010

Devil’s Dictionary for pragmatic mavericks, spin doctors and lobbyists

There has long been a need for an Irish political version of Ambrose Bierce’s famous Devil’s Dictionary.

Mon, 28 Jul, 2003