Part glossary, part dictionary, part cultural expose, part survival guide, "Mingin' Or Blingin': Essential Modern English "will see you through those awkward social occasions in which you might otherwise flounder. Consider this: you are challenged to "scrap a lick." How do you proceed? And if everything is "gravy," should you be happy? For those whom this alien tongue confounds and confuses, you've come to the right place.