Table of Contents

A Quick Tour of the Park
In the Dictionary
In the Eye of the Beholder
In Your Face
In and Out of Trouble
On the Phone
On the Lam
On or About Your Person
In the News
In the Mail
At the End of the Day

About the Author

Alexander Humez is the author or coauthor of a dozen trade and reference books, including the collaborations with his brother Latin for People, Alpha to Omega, A B C Et Cetera, Zero to Lazy Eight (with Joseph Maguire), and On the Dot.

Nicholas Humez, in addition to the above collaborations, is the author of Silversmithing: A Basic Manual and the composer-lyricist of the CD Myth Songs.

Rob Flynn writes for the computer industry. He has authored and co-authored several books, articles, and screenplays.

Reviews

"Delightful gems."--Writers' Journal
"Short Cuts gives us fascinating investigations into the diverse situations where we have to get the right message across but are limited by time, space, or simply convention."--Erin McKean, CEO of wordnik.com, author of Weird and Wonderful Words, More Weird and Wonderful Words, and former Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Ameriacn Dictionaries