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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words Paperback - 2006

by Erin McKean (Editor)

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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.

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Used - Good
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Details

  • Title Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford
  • Date 2006-10-23
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP62481596
  • ISBN 9780195312126 / 0195312120
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.56 x 5.51 x 0.79 in (21.74 x 14.00 x 2.01 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Vocabulary
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006017841
  • Dewey Decimal Code 428.1

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270).

About the author

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.