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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 di
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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 tha
Weird and Wonderful Words
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Lists the meaning of hundreds of bizarre and unusual words and includes a guide to coining new words.
Wordcatcher
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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 explor
The Logodaedalian's Dictionary of Interesting and Unusual Words
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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 bes