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The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words
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Hardcover
from David R Godine Pub (June 1, 1992); titled "The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words"
9780879239282 | details & prices | 5.60 × 8.60 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Gathers a wide range of definitions for precise but neglected words chosen to enrich one's vocabulary and insult one's adversaries
About: Gathers a wide range of definitions for precise but neglected words chosen to enrich one's vocabulary and insult one's adversaries
Paperback
With Terry Collins, Mack Chater (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Laurel Leaf (July 1, 1994); titled "The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words"
9780440216216 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $5.99
This edition also contains Buried in Rubble: True Stories of Surviving Earthquakes
About: A delightfully intelligent and unabashedly arcane new volume of words that normally lie unseen among the small print in large dictionaries offers the perfect antidote to cliches and platitudes for know-it-all linguistic snobs everywhere.
This edition also contains Buried in Rubble: True Stories of Surviving Earthquakes
About: A delightfully intelligent and unabashedly arcane new volume of words that normally lie unseen among the small print in large dictionaries offers the perfect antidote to cliches and platitudes for know-it-all linguistic snobs everywhere.