Hellcats: Webster's Facts and Phrases

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Hellcats: Webster's Facts and Phrases

  • Language ENG
  • Pages (approximate) 12
  • Item Code 0546782124
  • Published 2009-05-01
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  • Price $ 28.95
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Introduction

Ever need a fact or quotation on Hellcats? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this single word. It represents a compilation from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on anything relating to the term “Hellcats,” including non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This “data dump” results in many unexpected examples for Hellcats, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under “fair use” conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster’s Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).

Description

Ever need a fact or quotation on "Hellcats"? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this word. It represents a compilation of "single sentences" and/or "short paragraphs" from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on anything relating to the term "Hellcats," including non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. This is not an encyclopedic book, but rather a collage of statements made using the word "Hellcats," or related words (e.g. inflections, synonyms or antonyms). This title is one of a series of books that considers all major vocabulary words. The entries in each book cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This data dump results in many unexpected examples for "Hellcats," since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a computer-generated linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under fair use conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain.

Excerpt

Nonfiction Usage

Journalism Usage

United States - News: June 25, 2004 — Headline: AMERICAN MOSAIC - Country Singer Gretchen Wilson / Question About How Ronald Reagan Got Nicknamed 'The Gipper' / World of Blogs. Excerpt: Ronald Reagan moved to Hollywood from the American middle west and became a movie star. He appeared in about fifty movies, including “King’s Row,” “Bedtime For Bonzo” and “Hellcats of the Navy.” But he became known as “the Gipper” because of a real person he played in a movie.

Bibliographic Usage

Battery Press. Publisher of "A History of the United States Twelfth Armored Division, 15 September, 1942-17 December, 1945: the Hellcats in World War II." Publisher: Battery Press (Nashville, Tenn). Published in 1982.

Blevins, Don. Born in 1933, authored "From angels to hellcats: legendary Texas women, 1836 to 1880." Publisher: Mountain Press Pub. Co (Missoula, Mont). Published in 2001.

Bowman, Martin W Woodall, Truett Lee. Publication of "Helton's Hellcats: a pictorial history of the 493rd Bomb Group." By Martin W. Bowman & Truett Lee Woodall, Jr. Publisher: turner Pub (Paducah, Ky.). Published in 1998.

Bradstreet, Ken. Author of "Hellcats: Twelfth Armored Division Association." Publisher: turner Pub. Co (Paducah, Ky.). Published in 1987.

Columbia TriStar Home Video. Publisher of "Hellcats of the Navy." Publisher: Columbia TriStar Home Video (Burbank, Calif). Published in 1993.

Ferguson, John Craig. Born in 1959, authored "Hellcats: the 12th Armored Division in World War II (September 15, 1942 to December 17, 1945)." Publisher: State House Press (Abilene, TX). Published in 2004.

Hall, Stuart. Author of "Bikie hellcats." Publisher: Scripts (Sydney). Published in 1975.

Lockwood, Charles A. Born in 1890 and died in 1967, authored "Hellcats of the sea." By Charles A. Lockwood and Hans Christian Adamson; with a foreword by Chester W. Nimitz. Publisher: Greenberg (New York). Published in 1955.

Mendenhall, Charles A. Author of "Wildcats & Hellcats: gallant Grummans in World War II." Publisher: Motorbooks International (Osceola, Wis). Published in 1984.

Table of Contents

  • Preface iv
  • Nonfiction Usage 1
  • Journalism Usage 1
  • Bibliographic Usage 1
  • Lexicographic Usage 3
  • Index 8
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