The Word I'm Thinking Of: A Devilish Dictionary of Difficult Words (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615738185)

Absquatulate. Flumadiddle. Gongoozler. Squintifego. If you love words, you know the strange byways of memory or reverie that stumbling across a certain word or phrase will take you down, especially if it's one you're discovering and finding the meaning of for the first time. Chances are, you have never encountered words as unusual as those collected in this 170-page book.

You'll find definitions and parts of speech for each entry. And for each word, the author has also included a quotation to show how the word can be used in context. His hope is that this book will spark interest in these ostrobogulous words and that you will use them in your daily conversations--perhaps as a humorous social-science experiment to see what kinds of reactions you receive. Amaze your friends with your selcouth vocabulary and indulge your inner logophile

Author: Michael Gates
ISBN-10: 0615738184
ISBN-13: 9780615738185
Publisher: Zabriskie Street Press
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2013
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d