Skinny About Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, And Other Media Lingo The Language Of Media

From the author of Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communciationscomes this witty guide to the remarkable words that come from the media. In this compilation, Weiner reveals stories and meanings of familiar and unfamiliar words and phrases from sources such as Hollywood movies, the theater, publishing, broadcast TV, and other media. Featuring everything from "yellowbacks" to "yellow journalism," "white mail" to the "Great White Way," and "teasers" to "spin doctors," this book is the "leading light." A collection of thematic Safiresque essays Features hundreds of media-inspired wordsWeiner, Richard is the author of 'Skinny About Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, And Other Media Lingo The Language Of Media', published 2006 under ISBN 9780375721472 and ISBN 0375721479.