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Shtick Lit

What is "shtick lit"? Visual Thesaurus contributor Nancy Friedman defines it as "books perpetrated by people who undertook an unusual project with the express purpose of writing about it." Read all about the history of the gimmicky term at Nancy's entertaining blog, Fritinancy.
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Books:
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse
Highly Entertaining and Informative
Words:
Shoot! How Gun Idioms Color Our Speech
"Nine Nasty Words": How and Why We Curse