| The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting Contributor(s): Gillard, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0399582673 ISBN-13: 9780399582677 Publisher: Ten Speed Press OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Social Science | Popular Culture - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 428.1 |
| LCCN: 2019002616 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.1" (0.80 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history's best words. This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving that some things never change The Little Book of Lost Words presents each term that's ready to be brought back into modern-day use, complete with definition, hilarious sample sentence, and cheeky historical art. You'll learn new words for the cozy room where you like to Netflix and chill (snuggery), for a dishonest politician (snollygoster), and for a young person who sleeps through the day and doesn't work (dewdropper). If you like Lost in Translation, Shakespeare Insult Generator, Drunk History, and Roald Dahl--and you delight in the way words like blatteroon and flapdoodle roll off the tongue--then you're the word lover this book was written for. Want to know what a fizgig or groke is? Read this book |