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245 12 a| A word a day :b| a romp through some of the most unusual and intriguing words in English /c| Anu Garg ; with Stuti Garg.;

300 a| xv, 202 pages ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index.;

505 0 a| Animal words -- Latin terms -- Words to describe people -- Lesser-known counterparts of everyday words -- Words for odds and ends -- Reduplicatives -- Discover the Theme I -- Gender specific nouns -- Verbs -- Coined Words I -- Back-formations -- Portmanteaux -- Short words -- Words that make the spell-checker ineffective -- Names for things -- Words formed by metathesis -- Words not to put on your resume -- Verbal zoo -- Words from medicine -- Semordnilap -- Words with color as metaphor -- Words that make one say, "I didn't know there was a word for that!" -- Wordpix -- Wordpix II -- Wordpix III -- Words with offbeat pluralizations -- Words about relations -- Collective nouns -- Positive words -- Discover the Theme II -- Lesser-known synonyms of everyday words -- Words from speeches -- Words that contain the vowels AEIOU once and only once -- Coined Words II -- English as a global language -- Eponyms -- Words about Words I. Uncommon words with common suffixes -- Words to describe People II -- Ordinal words -- Words for odds and ends -- Red-herring words -- Discover the Theme III -- Newer words in the Oxford English Dictionary -- War of words and words of war -- Words for physical characteristics used to describe people figuratively -- Words evolved from folk etymologies -- Words about Words II -- Words formed using combining forms -- Toponyms, or words derived from place names -- Words for body parts that are used metaphorically -- Red-herring words revisited -- Words from nature's oeuvre -- Words about people who love books -- Mondegreens and other linguistic faux pas --;

650 0 a| Vocabulary.=| ^A13257;

650 0 a| English languagev| Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.=| ^A505359;

700 1 a| Garg, Stuti,d| 1971-=| ^A560483;

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A word a day : a romp through some of the most unusual and intriguing words in English / Anu Garg ; with Stuti Garg.

Author/creator	Garg, Anu
Other author	Garg, Stuti, 1971-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, ©2003.
Description	xv, 202 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subjects	Vocabulary. English language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Contents	Animal words -- Latin terms -- Words to describe people -- Lesser-known counterparts of everyday words -- Words for odds and ends -- Reduplicatives -- Discover the Theme I -- Gender specific nouns -- Verbs -- Coined Words I -- Back-formations -- Portmanteaux -- Short words -- Words that make the spell-checker ineffective -- Names for things -- Words formed by metathesis -- Words not to put on your resume -- Verbal zoo -- Words from medicine -- Semordnilap -- Words with color as metaphor -- Words that make one say, "I didn't know there was a word for that!" -- Wordpix -- Wordpix II -- Wordpix III -- Words with offbeat pluralizations -- Words about relations -- Collective nouns -- Positive words -- Discover the Theme II -- Lesser-known synonyms of everyday words -- Words from speeches -- Words that contain the vowels AEIOU once and only once -- Coined Words II -- English as a global language -- Eponyms -- Words about Words I. Uncommon words with common suffixes -- Words to describe People II -- Ordinal words -- Words for odds and ends -- Red-herring words -- Discover the Theme III -- Newer words in the Oxford English Dictionary -- War of words and words of war -- Words for physical characteristics used to describe people figuratively -- Words evolved from folk etymologies -- Words about Words II -- Words formed using combining forms -- Toponyms, or words derived from place names -- Words for body parts that are used metaphorically -- Red-herring words revisited -- Words from nature's oeuvre -- Words about people who love books -- Mondegreens and other linguistic faux pas --
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index.
LCCN	2002032388
ISBN	0471230324 (pbk.)

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