The Fitzhenry & Whiteside Canadian Thesaurus

Revised and Updated Edition

Description:

• Synonyms are clearly labeled as to parts of speech and ranked by popularity of use
• Non-formal words and slang,
• Richly geographic in its attribution of origins, whether the word was born in the Maritimes, the Prairies, the North, the West, the Pacific Coast, Quebec, France, Germany or elsewhere, the reader will know
• Highlights "Kinds of" and groups of words related to the initial keyword, a feature seldom found in similar reference works
• Crammed with Canadian references throughout
• New words include:
  • credit crunch, loogan, liquidity, celebrity chef, carbon footprint, adware, cyberterrrorism, wanigan, shock and awe, unlawful combatant, chat room, embed, metrosexual, moonbat, tipping point, bloggers, uptick, podcast, chimo, kiack, smackdown, bioindicator, facebook, full monty, Britcom, WiFi, mouse potato, fudgies, dawg, snye, biodiesel, carbon tax, biotic, streaming
• Greek and Latin elements in English

" ... a sublime, lovely and first class thing to build a truly Canadian thesaurus from scratch that was determinedly and identifiably Canadian." — The Globe and Mail

" ... it is a great achievement, a new volume that celebrates our language ... " — The Calgary Herald