| Description |
xv, 202 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index. |
| 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 --. |
| Subject |
Vocabulary.
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English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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| Added Author |
Garg, Stuti, 1971-
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| ISBN |
0471230324 paperback |
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