Understanding American Business Jargon A Dictionary

Second Edition

Subjects:

• Business » Management
• Business » Corporate/Business Communications
• Business » Business (General)

Reviews:

• Like communication in most fields of study, business communication contains terms and expressions that may not have obvious meanings to the uninitiated. If one does not know the jargon, one misses the meaning of what is said. In this second edition, Folsom continues his endeavor to "assist business people and students with the confusing and continually changing realm of American Business English."...The entries are generally clear and concise. Instead of just using the term in a sentence, many entries include an example of how the term or phrase was used in a journal or newspaper article. This gives a "real world" flavor to the dictionary. The book includes a list of the acronyms that the reader encounters in the dictionary. The bibliography lists several business jargon dictionaries and Web sites. There is even a Web page (http://www.islc.net/~folsom/language) with sample material from the book. Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.
  —Choice March 2006
• This dictionary is a useful tool to help here and assist with the task of keeping on top of rapidly changing jargon. Business people and students will find it a useful reference source.
  —Reference Reviews July 2006
• This book is written for the businessperson, the student and anyone who uses a language other than English as their first language. This is a book that will make understanding communications you receive from others easier and keep yo from making faux pas in your interactions with others. I would not replace the first edition, but rather add the second edition to my desk reference collection, as this edition adds much more to the knowledge available.
  —Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship 2006
• The second edition of Understanding American Business Jargon: A Dictionary is the perfect reference for a college-level business school: it surveys the link between business and culture which spills over into business terms and language, it provides an A-Z dictionary of terms and phrases which covers not only definitions but basic concepts, and it uses the terms in context, many with quotes from popular press. An excellent library reference.
  —MBR Bookwatch November 2005
• [F]olsom's experience as a business professor lends credence to this informal and entertaining dictionary, which aims to help both American-born English speakers and English-speaking foreigners reduce communication problems....[c]ollections serving American speakers who do not live and work in a business environment, as well as nonnative speakers, will benefit from this source.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin January 2006

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Stylistic Guide
• The Dictionary
• Acronyms
• Bibliography