Schott's Almanac 2007
Ben Schott, who created quite a stir with his Schott's Original Miscellany in 2003, is at it again. He has published Schott's Almanac 2007 and he has designed the book as an almanac to be read rather than stored on the shelf. One of my favorite sections is Words of the Year. I was struck by FRATIRE: male equivalent of chick lit, emphasising sex, drinking, sport, etc.; part of the MENAISSANCE rejection of metrosexuality and gender ambiguity.
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