Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 304 Seiten
ISBN 0195312120
EAN 9780195312126
Veröffentlicht Oktober 2006
Verlag/Hersteller Oxford University Press
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Beschreibung

Offering a potpourri of colorful and fascinating words, a noted lexicographer presents hundreds of definitions, including two new essays, with over 150 words new to this edition. Line illustrations.

Portrait

Erin McKean is the Senior Editor for the Oxford University Press North American Dictionary Program and the Editor of Verbatim magazine.

Roz Chast is a staff cartoonist for The New Yorker and the author of more than five books of cartoons.

Danny Shanahan is a staff cartoonist for the New Yorker and illustrator of numerous books, including The Dead Sea Scroll Palindromes.