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

Anu Garg; Stuti Garg

ISBN 10: 0471230324 / ISBN 13: 9780471230328

Published by Trade Paper Press, 2002

About this Item

Words are fun and they have a fascinating history.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Word A Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471230324
• ISBN 13: 9780471230328
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 245 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

"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."
–John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary

"A banquet of words! Feast and be nourished!"
–Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language

Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. 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.

About the Author

ANU GARG is the founder of wordsmith.org, a.k.a. A Word A Day, which he has maintained since 1994.

STUTI GARG is an entrepreneur and a founder of Namix, a trademark and naming solutions company. Anu and Stuti Garg live in Seattle.