Grant Barrett is the project editor of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang and a lexicographer in Oxford University Press's U.S. Dictionaries program. He lives in New York City.
"An entertaining and informed lexicon of 600 words and phrases
describing both current and past political activities and the
politicos who made them happen...a most useful state-of-the-slang
compendium."--Library Journal
"A handy phrase-book to help us understand the yammering of the
Beltway's chatterati."--Wall Street Journal
"Those seriously concerned with the vitality of our wonky Beltway
blather may want to skip the next agriculture-subsidy roundtable to
train their bifocals on "Hatchet Jobs and Hardball".... There, with
some imagination, you can freshen your lexicon with some forgotten
or fairly obscure, but nevertheless serviceable, bits of political
argot. Impress your fellow sheeple!"--Tom Kuntz, The New York
Times
"Word lovers and miners for old terms of art that deserve new life
will find delight here.... The book has a short introduction by
James Carville and Mary Matalin. And in addition to nearly 300
pages of citations, Mr. Barrett includes eight brief essays, one of
them on '-gate' coinages (Does anybody remember what 'clamgate' or
'waste-watergate' referred to?)."--Dallas Morning News
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