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The 100 Funniest Words in English

This book explores what is funny in the words of English themselves by taking a close look at the 100 funniest of them selected by Dr. Robert Beard, formerly Dr. Language at yourDictionary.com and currently Dr. Goodword at alphaDictionary.com. After a short essay on what makes words funny, Dr. Beard examines the pronunciation, meaning, usage, and history of each word, giving several “creative” examples of its use. Among Dr. Beard's selection you will find the likes of “absquatulate,” “bowyangs”, “collywobbles,” “gongoozle,” “hemidemisemiquaver,” and “snollygoster.” Dr. Beard holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Michigan and taught Russian and Linguistics at Bucknell University for 35 years. His various “word-of-the-day” features go out to more than 100,000 people around the world every day.

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Product Details:
Author: Robert Beard
Paperback: 134 pages
Publisher: Lexiteria
Publication Date: February 06, 2009
Language: English
ISBN: 0615267041
Package Length: 9.1 inches
Package Width: 6.0 inches
Package Height: 0.4 inches
Package Weight: 0.6 pounds
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1Not that funny  Jun 25, 2010
By aunt michele
Sorry, I just didn't find this engaging or funny, although I am the kind of word nerd who normally likes this sort of thing. Also, I found the typography used for the words being discussed annoyingly hard to read.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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