{"product_id":"9781473623897-dents-modern-tribes","title":"Dent's Modern Tribes","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Secret Languages of Britain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn how to decode the private languages that are swapped around us every day - amongst cabbies and paramedics, soap stars and comedians, cricketers and barristers - in Susie Dent's unique and witty guide to Britain's modern tribes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid you know that . a soldier's biggest social blunder is called \u003cb\u003ejack brew\u003c\/b\u003e - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can't be identified - \u003cb\u003eLBJ\u003c\/b\u003e (the letters stand for \u003cb\u003eL\u003c\/b\u003eittle \u003cb\u003eB\u003c\/b\u003erown \u003cb\u003eJ\u003c\/b\u003eob)? Or that builders call plastering the ceiling \u003cb\u003edoing Lionel Richie's dancefloor\u003c\/b\u003e? Susie Dent does.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver wondered why football managers all speak the same way, what a cabbie calls the Houses of Parliament, or how ticket inspectors discreetly request back-up? We are surrounded by hundreds of tribes, each speaking their own distinct slanguage of colourful words, jokes and phrases, honed through years of conversations on the battlefield, in A\u0026amp;E, backstage, or at ten-thousand feet in the air. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other. From the Freemason's handshake to the publican's banter, \u003ci\u003eDent's Modern Tribes\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a whirlwind tour of Britain, decoding its secret languages and, in the process, finds out what really makes us all tick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31890091114593,"sku":"9781473623897","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27269984.jpg?v=1721638017","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781473623897-dents-modern-tribes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}