An edition of There's a word for it! (1996)

There's a word for it!

a grandiloquent guide to life

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An edition of There's a word for it! (1996)

There's a word for it!

a grandiloquent guide to life

Warning: This is not simply another book about obscure English words. Instead, it's an open-armed invitation to go on a mischievous, quirky, madcap expedition through the depths of our unabridged dictionaries, where you will learn about all the exceptional words you never knew you needed to know to live a fuller, more verbally enriched life.

Consider that without realizing it we may have engaged in acokoinonia (sex without passion or desire), been bored to tears by the company of a philodox (someone in love with his or her own opinions), or suffered from recurrent matutolypea (getting up on the wrong side of the bed).

There's a Word for It! will help you plug gaping holes in your vocabulary and apply vibrant color to the blank spots in your picture of the world. The book also contains a dazzling selection of light verse by such famous (and fabulous) scribes as Hogden Gnash, Anais Numb, and G. B. Pshaw. Get ready to dig into this delectable lexical feast, served up by the language connoisseur William Safire calls "ek-STROR-di-ner-ee."

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Publisher
Scribner
Language
English
Pages
272

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index.

Published in
New York, NY
Other Titles
There is a word for it!

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
428.1
Library of Congress
PE1449 .E45 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
272 p. ;
Number of pages
272

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL978290M
Internet Archive
thereswordforitg0000elst
ISBN 10
0684824558
LCCN
96015520
OCLC/WorldCat
34514386
Library Thing
44302
Goodreads
1641378

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