Weird Words

• Author(s): Irwin M. Berent, Rod L. Evans,
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Pages: 232
• ISBN_10: 0425144046
  ISBN_13: 9780425144046
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Alphabets & Writing Systems , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology , Reference / General ,

Description:... This incredible collection will provide hours of enjoyment while expanding the reader's vocabulary with unique and useful words. Included are strange linguistic phenomena, crazy names, wild puns, freaks of verbality and exotic etymologies--plus a special thesauro-index to help readers turn ordinary words into weird words.