| Totally Weird and Wonderful Words Contributor(s): McKean, Erin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195312120 ISBN-13: 9780195312126 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2006 Annotation: Offering a potpourri of colorful and fascinating words, a noted lexicographer presents hundreds of definitions, including two new essays, with over 150 words new to this edition. Line illustrations. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Spelling & Vocabulary - Reference | Curiosities & Wonders |
| Dewey: 428.1 |
| LCCN: 2006017841 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.51" W x 8.56" L (0.85 lbs) 304 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk? Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepper your dinner party conversations with such nuggets as gobemouche, mumpsimus, and cachinnate. You can learn about all of these bizarre and beautiful words and many more in Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. Offering a potpourri of colorful and fascinating words compiled by noted lexicographer Erin McKean, it contains hundreds of definitions, and has been updated to include two new essays, with over 150 words new to this edition. Written in a clear and conversational style, the book contains full-page cartoon illustrations by Roz Chast and Danny Shanahan. Featuring hundreds of words guaranteed to amuse and astonish, this is a book that will appeal to logophiles everywhere. It also features a bibliography of Oxford's dictionaries and a guide to creating your own unusual words correctly from Greek and Latin roots. |
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