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| Author | : Erin McKean |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780195170573 |
This title digs deep into forgotten corners of the dictionary, gathering both the most spectacular old and the most impressive new words. The result is more than 400 prime specimens with pronunciations, defined in a conversational style.
| Author | : Erin McKean |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2006-10-23 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 0199886032 |
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.
| Author | : Erin McKean |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 0195159055 |
Lists the meaning of hundreds of bizarre and unusual words and includes a guide to coining new words.
| Author | : Phil Cousineau |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 331 |
| Release | : 2010-03-15 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1573445509 |
Who knew that the great country of Canada is named for a mistake? How about "bedswerver," the best Elizabethan insult to hurl at a cheating boyfriend? By exploring the delightful back stories of the 250 words in Wordcatcher, readers are lured by language and entangled in etymologies. Author Phil Cousineau takes us on a tour into the obscure territory of word origins with great erudition and endearing curiosity. The English poet W. H. Auden was once asked to teach a poetry class, and when 200 students applied to study with him, he only had room for 20 of them. When asked how he chose his students, he said he picked the ones who actually loved words. So too, with this book — it takes a special wordcatcher to create a treasure chest of remarkable words and their origins, and any word lover will relish the stories that Cousineau has discovered.
| Author | : Jane Solomon |
| Publisher | : Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
| Total Pages | : 115 |
| Release | : 2019-05-02 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1786038102 |
What is a moonbow? What does it mean when someone absquatulates? Over 400 words to amaze, confuse and inspiring budding wordsmiths (and adults!).
| Author | : Yee-Lum Mak |
| Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
| Total Pages | : 62 |
| Release | : 2016-10-11 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1452163111 |
Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first. Other-Wordly is an irresistible ebook for lovers of words and those lost for words alike.
| Author | : George Stone Saussy |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : |
Reprint of the 1984 Oxter English Dictionary, with a substantial appendix of newer words. Literary words are defined and used in context from the fiction of best-selling and less-selling writers published from 1945 to the present. Over 1300 words are defined using examples from 200 novels by 90 authors. No pronunciation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
| Author | : Josefa Heifetz Byrne |
| Publisher | : Skyhorse |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2012-07-01 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9781616086503 |
From aasvogel (the South African vulture) to knurry (full of knots), from melangeur (a machine for making chocolate syrup) to zumbooruk (a small cannon fired from the back of a camel), the words in this book are guaranteed to expand your vocabulary and confound your friends. They may be obscure and even preposterous, but every entry in this eye-opening book has been accepted as a formal or legitimate English word by at least one major dictionary. This dictionary does not claim or attempt to be complete. It is based completely on the editor’s sense of wonder and absurdity. It is educational, yes, but also more fun than any dictionary has a right to be!
| Author | : Stacey Abrams |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2021-12-28 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0063209497 |
#1 New York Times bestseller and NAACP Image Award winner! The debut picture book from iconic voting rights advocate and bestselling author Stacey Abrams is an inspiring tale of determination, based on her own childhood. Stacey is a little girl who loves words more than anything. She loves reading them, sounding them out, and finding comfort in them when things are hard. But when her teacher chooses her to compete in the local spelling bee, she isn’t as excited as she thought she’d be. What if she messes up? Or worse, if she can’t bring herself to speak up, like sometimes happens when facing bullies at school? Stacey will learn that win or lose . . . her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all. Plus don't miss the follow-up from the same team, Stacey's Remarkable Books!
| Author | : David Bukszpan |
| Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2012-09-19 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 1452108242 |
Scrabble® aficionados may know that both "Brr" and "Brrr" are legitimate plays, but what about everyday names like Peter, Carl, and Marge? They're not listed as proper nouns, but they are certainly playable. For lovers of Scrabble®, Bananagrams®, and Words with Friends®, this lively guide helps readers make the most out of word games, packed with new ways to remember the best words alongside tips for improving game play and much more. Part strategy guide and part celebration of all things wordy, this collection of facts, tips, and surprising lists of playable words will instruct and delight the letterati.
