The Little Book of Lost Words
Author | : Joe Gillard |
Publisher | : Ten Speed Press |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2019-09-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780399582684 |
ISBN-13 | : 0399582681 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Little Book of Lost Words written by Joe Gillard and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history's best words. This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving that some things never change! The Little Book of Lost Words presents each term that's ready to be brought back into modern-day use, complete with definition, hilarious sample sentence, and cheeky historical art. You'll learn new words for the cozy room where you like to Netflix and chill (snuggery), for a dishonest politician (snollygoster), and for a young person who sleeps through the day and doesn't work (dewdropper). If you like Lost in Translation, Shakespeare Insult Generator, Drunk History, and Roald Dahl--and you delight in the way words like blatteroon and flapdoodle roll off the tongue--then you're the word lover this book was written for. Want to know what a fizgig or groke is? Read this book!