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

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ISBN-10: 0471230324

ISBN-13: 9780471230328

Edition: 2003

Authors: Anu Garg, Suti Garg

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"Anu Gargs many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last heres a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!"--Barbara WallraffSenior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word CourtPraise for A Word a Day"AWADies will be familiar with Anu Gargs 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…    
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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 10/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

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.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Animal Words
Crabwise
Testudinate
Gadfly
Kangaroo court
Waspish
Latin Terms
Quid pro quo
Rara avis
Sine die
Annus mirabilis
Sub rosa
Words to Describe People I
Philosophaster
Autocrat
Adamantine
Satrap
Anchorite
Lesser-Known Counterparts of Everyday Words
Epizootic
Anile
Estivate
Thegosis
Trilemma
Words for Odds and Ends
Aglet
Chad
Tittle
Grommet
Pintle
Reduplicatives
Shilly-shally
Tussie-mussie
Herky-jerky
Wishy-washy
Knick-knack
Discover the Theme I
Tessera
Hypolimnion
Decerebrate
Homonym
Extravasate
Gender-Specific Nouns
Caryatid
Telamon
Gynarchy
Androcracy
Nymphomania
Satyriasis
Verbs
Cogitate
Decoct
Perorate
Shamble
Redact
Coined Words I
Googol
Blurb
Boondoggle
Heebie-jeebies
Runcible
Back-Formations
Emote
Admix
Aesthete
Adulate
Accrete
Portmanteaux
Cremains
Cinematheque
Carmine
Birl
Short Words
Vim
Fey
Gest
Dun
Maw
Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective
Impassible
Wether
Specie
Angary
Demur
Names for Things
Crossbuck
Hallux
Septum
Ocellus
Newel
Words Formed by Metathesis
Scart
Prad
Bort
Gride
Scrimmage
Words Not to Put on Your Resume
Manque
Distrait
Recreant
Garrulous
Truculent
A Verbal Zoo
Welkin
Aphelion
Endogamy
Vamoose
Epigone
Words from Medicine
Sternutation
Nosocomial
Antitussive
Prophylaxis
Aperient
Semordnilap
Avid
Ogre
Debut
Nonet
Rebus
Words with Color as Metaphor
Blue rinse
Greenmail
Brown study
Purple passage
Pink collar
Words That Make One Say, "I Didn't Know There Was a Word for That!"
Dol
Murdrum
Thalweg
Scurf
Mora
Wordpix
Verboten
Supernumerary
Epicene
Diastema
Ullage
Wordpix II
Chevron
Maverick
Pecuniary
Pariah
Wordpix III
Pendulous
Acclivity
Kowtow
Oology
Inebriety
Words with Offbeat Pluralizations
Opus
Occiput
Chrysalis
Numen
Virtuoso
Words about Relations
Agnate
Miscegenation
Progenitor
Enate
Primogenitor
Collective Nouns
Sounder
Nide
Skein
Skulk
Bevy
Positive Words
Sipid
Pervious
Vincible
Furl
Requite
Discover the Theme II
Dekko
Ait
Bijou
Horst
Dotty
Lesser-Known Synonyms of Everyday Words
Athenaeum
Tokology
Debark
Sartorial
Cancrine
Words from Speeches
Manacle
Chasm
Attainder
Sentient
Mirabile dictu
Words That Contain the Vowels AEIOU Once and Only Once
Armigerous
Epuration
Inquorate
Ossuary
Uvavorite
Coined Words II
Eustasy
Pangaea
McJob
Locust years
Prehensile
English as a Global Language
Nous
Dyscalculia
Timorous
Soporific
Morose
Eponyms
Fletcherize
Grinch
John Bull
Aristarch
Chicken Little
Words about Words I
Haplography
Obiter dictum
Asyndeton
Verbigeration
Brachylogy
Uncommon Words with Common Suffixes
Oniomania
Garbology
Onychophagia
Philography
Theophany
Words to Describe People II
Pertinacious
Pixilated
Oscitant
Punctilious
Pococurante
Ordinal Words
Fifth column
Fourth estate
Third degree
Second fiddle
First water
Words for Odds and Ends
Albedo
Dewlap
Chaplet
Gnomon
Finial
Red-Herring Words
Sextet
Potatory
Gyrovague
Discommode
Obsequy
Discover the Theme III
Mecca
Redd
Ogee
Vug
Plica
Newer Words in the Oxford English Dictionary
Full monty
Bad hair day
Nutraceutical
Retail therapy
Webliography
War of Words and Words of War
Pyrrhic victory
Casus belli
Fetial
Polemology
Spoliation
Words for Physical Characteristics Used to Describe People Figuratively
Louche
Clochard
Myopic
Dexterous
Ambisinister
Words Evolved from Folk Etymologies
Humble pie
Kickshaw
Wiseacre
Rakehell
Chaise longue
Words about Words II
Hobson-Jobson
Dittography
Eye dialect
Epenthesis
Idiolect
Words Formed Using Combining Forms
Misocainea
Piliform
Ichnology
Steganography
Chiromancy
Toponyms, or Words Derived from Place Names
Ultima Thule
El Dorado
Timbuktu
Stoic
Brigadoon
Words for Body Parts That Are Used Metaphorically
Visceral
Liverish
Adrenalize
Phlegmatic
Jugular
Red-Herring Words Revisited
Debridement
Escheat
Antiphony
Limpid
Sexcentenary
Words from Nature's Oeuvre
Fjord
Estuary
Peninsula
Archipelago
Massif
Words about People Who Love Books
Bibliophage
Bibliophile
Bibliotaph
Biblioklept
Bibliophobe
Mondegreens and Other Linguistic Faux Pas
Mondegreen
Spoonerism
Malapropism
Answers to the "Discover the Theme" Chapters
Bibliography
Index of Words