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"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.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (meer)
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I wish I had more opportunities to use the words in this book, because they're fantastic.
There are plenty of words that can be used day to day (you can stop calling those little plastic things at the end of your shoelaces "Those little plastic things at the end of my shoelaces". They have a name).
There's a very comprehensive section on phobias, with emphasis on the strange (fear of being right? Rectiphobia.), as well as occupations.
But I think my favorite (and the most useful and fun) part was the section of insults (ever call someone a grobian?).
This book isn't just for Word Nerds. Everyone can find a heap of useful bits here. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
For Carmen Veronica, with storge
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
If you're looking for a sane, sedate, even-tempered treatise on improving your command of the English language, I advise you to look elsewhere immediately, for what you're about to read (if you dare) is a work of the utmost intellectual incontinence written by a man who is plumb crazy, stark raving mad, and out of his grandiloquent gourd about words.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
May you forever be the wiser, and not just a wiseacre, for knowing them.
"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.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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There are plenty of words that can be used day to day (you can stop calling those little plastic things at the end of your shoelaces "Those little plastic things at the end of my shoelaces". They have a name).
There's a very comprehensive section on phobias, with emphasis on the strange (fear of being right? Rectiphobia.), as well as occupations.
But I think my favorite (and the most useful and fun) part was the section of insults (ever call someone a grobian?).
This book isn't just for Word Nerds. Everyone can find a heap of useful bits here. (