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Title: Weird and Wonderful Words
by Erin McKean, Roz Chast, Simon Winchester
ISBN: 0-19-515905-5
Publisher: Oxford Press
Pub. Date: September, 2002
Format: Hardcover
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $16.95
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Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: Fun
Comment: I leave this one in the Bath room people get a kick out of the diffrant words.Very interesting.(ammusing)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Foray into Logodaedaly
Comment: Word lovers should find this book highly entertaining. The selected words include some of my personal favorites, and a great many words completely new to me, some of which are new favorites. The illustrations are ho-hum and may lead many readers to wish the space had been used for more words. Luckily, the compiler plans a collection of weirder and wonderfuller words, which will be given some prosaic title by the publisher.

One caveat: there are some racy entries, not enough to spur sales, but enough to give the book an X rating in some households and a PG-13 in many. Too bad, as the book would otherwise be an excellent inspiration for many a young wordsmith. Perhaps the compiler can be persuaded to gather a similar collection of words, like "googol", of interest to children and adults alike. If only this collection had been just a shade more verecund!

I'll let you buy the book if you want to know the precise meanings of logodaedaly and verecund.

Rating: 4
Summary: Oh so close to perfect!
Comment: This is a fantastic book for the logophile! It contains plenty of odd, unusual, rare, and otherwise interesting words, along with their definition. A pleasant layout and humorous illustrations keep the book on the lighter side. While there are a number of such books available, this stands out with supplementary materials such as "How to create you own weird and wonderful words," "A Webliography of Weird and Wonderful Word Sites," and "The Logophile's Bibliography."

My only complaint is that there is no pronunciation included with each entry. This is a relatively small issue, and the only thing keeping the book from a 5-star rating.

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