The Idler's Glossary

by Joshua Glenn, Mark Kingwell, Seth

Book Overview

"Dawdler." "Layabout." "Shit-heel." "Loser." For as long as mankind has had to work for a living, which is to say ever since the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, people who work have disparaged those who prefer not to. Mark Kingwell's introductory essay offers a playful defence of the idler as homo superior, while Joshua Glenn's glossary playfully explores the etymology and history of hundreds of idler-specific terms and phrases,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897231466
• ISBN13: 9781897231463
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Biblioasis
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 3.9" x 5.9"