The Logodaedalians Dictionary Of Interesting And Unusual Words

Author : George Stone Saussy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Logodaedalian's Dictionary of Interesting and Unusual Words written by George Stone Saussy and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Irwin M. Berent
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 9780425156063
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dictionary of Highly Unusual Words written by Irwin M. Berent and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for both language lovers and trivia buffs provides a treasury of palindromes, anagrams, strange word origins, and surprising definitions that give insight into the top ten worst-sounding words in the English language and more. Original.

Author : Peter Novobatzky
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429979003
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insulting English written by Peter Novobatzky and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2001-06-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, a compendium of ingeniously insulting words for every occasion. For anyone who's been stymied by the level of sloth, bad looks and low intelligence of his fellow man (and woman), help is on the way. You can't change the tiresome creatures around you, but now you can describe them behind their backs with pleasing specificity. Yes, Insulting English is a user's guide to little-known and much-needed words that include: Gubbertush: Buck-toothed person Hogminny: A depraved young woman Nihilarian: Person with a meaningless job Pursy: Fat and short of breath Scombroid: Resembling a mackerel Tumbrel: A person who is drunk to the point of vomiting These and many other gems from our colorful mother tongue are collected on these pages. Now every gink, knipperdollin, and grizely dunderwhelp can be called by his rightful name.

Author : Kay Ann Cassell
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 083893644X
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reference and Information Services written by Kay Ann Cassell and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ongoing flood of misinformation to the swift changes occasioned by the pandemic, a myriad of factors is spurring our profession to rethink reference services. Luckily, this classic text is back in a newly overhauled edition that thoughtfully addresses the evolving reference landscape. Designed to complement every introductory library reference course, Cassell and Hiremath's book also serves as the perfect resource to guide current practitioners in their day-to-day work. It teaches failsafe methods for identifying important materials by matching specific types of questions to the best available sources, regardless of format. Guided by a national advisory board of educators and experts, this thoroughly updated text presents chapters covering fundamental concepts, major reference sources, and special topics while also offering fresh insights on timely issues, including a basic template for the skills required and expectations demanded of the reference librarian; the pandemic’s effect on reference services and how the ingenuity employed by libraries in providing remote and virtual reference is here to stay; a new chapter dedicated to health information, with a special focus on health equity and information sources; selecting and evaluating reference materials, with strategies for keeping up to date; a heightened emphasis on techniques for evaluating sources for misinformation and ways to give library users the tools to discern facts vs. “fake facts”; reference as programming, readers’ advisory services, developmentally appropriate material for children and young adults, and information literacy; evidence-based guidance on handling microaggressions in reference interactions, featuring discussions of cultural humility and competence alongside recommended resources on implicit bias; managing, assessing, and improving reference services; and the future of information and reference services, encapsulating existing models, materials, and services to project possible evolutions in the dynamic world of reference

Author : David K. Barnhart
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neo-words written by David K. Barnhart and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact reference book that collects words and phrases so new they have not yet been recorded in dictionaries. Delightfully illustrated by Elwood Smith, this is a useful tool for the serious lexicographer and a lighthearted look at some of the wackiest words in the English language. 20 cartoons.

Author : Jan Leighton
Publisher : Levenger Company
ISBN 13 : 9781929154128
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rare Words and Ways to Master Their Meanings written by Jan Leighton and published by Levenger Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter E. Meltzer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393338975
Total Pages : 1182 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words (Expanded Third Edition) written by Peter E. Meltzer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over twenty percent more material, a must for any lover of distinctive words. This entertaining and informative reference features sophisticated and surprising alternatives to common words together with no-fail guides to usage. Avoiding traditional thesauruses’ mundane synonym choices, Peter E. Meltzer puts each word—whether it’s protrepic, apostrophize, iracund, or emulous—in context by using examples from a broad range of contemporary books, periodicals, and newspapers. His new introduction makes the case for why we should widen our vocabulary and use the one right word. This groundbreaking thesaurus remains a unique venture, one that enriches your writing while helping you find the perfect word.

Author : Erin McKean
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199886036
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Totally Weird and Wonderful Words written by Erin McKean and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Both witty and entertaining, this new paperback brings together two best-selling compendiums to all words unique and strange, Weird and Wonderful Words and More 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 dictionaries and a guide to creating your own unusual words correctly from Greek and Latin roots. Smart and funny and with just a touch of whimsy, Totally Weird and Wonderful Words is the perfect book for reading in your sitooterie with a bumbo in your hand while mavises sing in your ear.

Author : Dane Cobain
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lexicologist's Handbook written by Dane Cobain and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lexicologist Pronunciation: Lec-sic-ol-oh-jist Type: Noun Definition: A student of language, particularly the components of language such as the nature or meaning of words. Also, a compiler or writer of a dictionary. Example: The lexicologist was overjoyed to discover that lugubrious+ is a word. Whether you're an author, a poet, a songwriter or a student, The Lexicologist's Handbook will introduce you to words that you've never heard before and change the way that you look at language. Like a traditional dictionary but with the boring words left out, The Lexicologist's Handbook will help you to broaden your vocabulary and impress your friends while entertaining you along the way. It's the perfect book for all lexophiles.

Author : Josefa Heifetz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780246112729
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mrs Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words written by Josefa Heifetz and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: