Reference > Usage > The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
jet set (n.)
 
 
was until recently a Conversational and journalese term, but it is now Standard used to identify those people who fly about on jet aircraft, seeking expensive pleasure and diversion in each others’ “beautiful” company at the world’s exclusive spas and resorts.  1
 
 
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press.

CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com