A Word A Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

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

A Word A Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English
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Author: Anu Garg, Stuti Garg
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-11
ISBN: 0471230324
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Review: Entertaining and fun reading
Summary: 5 Stars

You can pick this book up for a few minutes or an hour, it is informative and entertaining for any word lover.

Summary of A Word A Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

"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 Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court

Praise for A Word a Day

"AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg?s refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite mondegreens.The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from "Portmanteaux" to "Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective." each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example?and many feature fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers and the authors.

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