A retrospective compendium of cartoons and drawings spans twenty-seven years of the popular cartoonist's career, featuring a collection of works that originally appeared in such magazines as The New Yorker, Scientific American, Redbook, Double Take, and Fast Company, as well as previously unpublished works.

Definitions for a potpourri of colorful and fascinating words are offered in this collection that has been updated to include two new essays, more than 150 new words, and full-page cartoon illustrations by Roz Chast and Danny Shanahan.

Cartoons use puns and the author's offbeat sense of humor to poke fun at human nature and modern life in the United States

A treasury of colorful and unusual words lists hundreds of definitions in a conversational style that also features a bibliography of Oxford dictionaries, full-page cartoon illustrations, and a guide to creating original words correctly from Greek and Latin roots. (Language)