Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily.
Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up
-Barbara Wallraff
Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court
Praise for A Word a Day
""AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to
words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The
people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this
collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the
editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your
opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite
mondegreens.""
-John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
""A banquet of words Feast and be nourished ""
-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language
Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site
(www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and
exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword
puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. The words are grouped in
intriguing categories that range from ""Portmanteaux"" to ""Words
That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective."" each entry includes a
concise definition, etymology, and usage example-and many feature
fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers
and the authors.
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