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2010 Forgotten English Box Calendar by Jeffrey Kacirk

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  • ISBN-13: 9780764947070
  • Sales Rank: 27,437
  • Pub. Date: July 2009

A 365-Day Calendar of Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore for 2010 What are Gabriel's hounds, wooden hills, jimrags? Do you prefer clagham with your ackenpucky? Feeling gawmless ...  More

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The Big Book of Words You Should Know : Over 3,000 Words Every Person Should be Able to Use (And a few that you probably shouldn't) by David Olsen, Michelle Bevilacqua, Michelle Bevilacqua, Justin Cord Hayes, Justin Cord Hayes

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  • ISBN-13: 9781605501390
  • Sales Rank: 63,017
  • Pub. Date: January 2009

Do you know what quatrefoil and impolitic mean? What about halcyon or narcolepsy? This book is a handy, easy-to-read reference guide to the proper parlance for any situation. ...  More

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Word A Day : A Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English by Anu Garg, Suti Garg

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  • ISBN-13: 9780471230328
  • Sales Rank: 87,169
  • Pub. Date: October 2002

"Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!" -Barbara Wallraff Senior Editor at The ...  More

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Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words by Peter Bowler, Ron Bell (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780879239282
  • Sales Rank: 92,493
  • Pub. Date: August 1992

The Superior Person's Book of Words (over 100,000 hardcover copies in print). In the words of the author, "The format and the objectives are the same as before. I wish to ...  More

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The Superior Person's Third Book of Well-Bred Words by Peter Bowler, Dennis Corrigan (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9781567921618
  • Sales Rank: 98,537
  • Pub. Date: October 2001

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Weird and Wonderful Words by Erin McKean (Editor) , Roz Chast (Illustrator) , Simon Winchester (Foreword by)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780195159059
  • Sales Rank: 187,934
  • Pub. Date: October 2002

From aboulia, the loss of will or volition, to Zyrian, a language spoken in northern Russia, this dictionary presents words that appealed to McKean (senior editor, Oxford U. ...  More

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Shakespeare's Language : A Glossary of Unfamiliar Words in His Plays and Poems by Eugene F. Shewmaker

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  • ISBN-13: 9780816071258
  • Sales Rank: 191,684
  • Pub. Date: February 2008

It is said that England and America are two nations separated by a common language, and nowhere is that more true than in our dealings with the Bard. Rife with arcane ...  More

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Depraved and Insulting English by Peter Novobatzky, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Ammon Shea, Ammon Shea

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  • ISBN-13: 9780156011495
  • Sales Rank: 232,171
  • Pub. Date: August 2002

" Apodyopsis : The act of imagining someone naked. Gound : The crusty yellow substance that collects in the corners of one's eyes while one sleeps. Sacofricosis : Habitual ...  More

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The Book of Hard Words : Read It,Know It, Use It by David Bramwell, Stella Hyde

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  • ISBN-13: 9781598698749
  • Sales Rank: 668,313
  • Pub. Date: April 2008

Do you have an extreme case of bibliomania? Ever feel overcome with concupiscence? Do you dream of being a funambulist? Now, with this indispensable visual dictionary, you'll ...  More

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Burgess Unabridged : A Classic Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed by Gelett Burgess, Herb Roth (Illustrator) , Paul Dickson (Foreword by)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780802716460
  • Pub. Date: September 2007

The classic dictionary of invented words, coined by one of America s comic geniuses the perfect book for language lovers everywhere. Gelett Burgess has been a revered figure ...  More

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