Charles Harrington Elster

There's a Word for It (Revised Edition)

A Grandiloquent Guide to Life

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Here's an irresistible invitation to discover a treasure trove of exceptional words you can use to add sophistication to your vocabulary and charm to your repartee. Consider that without realizing it you may have engaged in acokoinonia (sex without passion or desire), been bored to tears by the company of a philodox (someone in love with his or her opinions), or suffered from recurrent matutolypea (getting up on the wrong side of the bed). Presented with panache by the language connoisseur whom William Safire calls ek-STROR-di-ner-ee, There's a Word for It will add a dash of wit to your daily life -- lest anyone mistake you for a sumph (stupi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4165-1086-4
EAN: 9781416510864
Produktnummer: 2181110
Verlag: Simon & Schuster N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H21.4 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.3 cm 263 g
Auflage: Revised
Gewicht: 263

Über den Autor

Charles Harrington Elster is the author of The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations, Verbal Advantage, and other books about words. He is a guest contributor to The New York Times Magazine's On Language column and has been a commentator on hundreds of radio shows.