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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.
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through this amazing obok, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Writing this book did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and foundation before the book was even started. This book was created to inform, entertain and maybe even test your knowledge. By the time you finish reading this book you will want to share it with others.
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through this amazing obok, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Writing this book did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and foundation before the book was even started. This book was created to inform, entertain and maybe even test your knowledge. By the time you finish reading this book you will want to share it with others.
The Funny Dictionary' is a comic dictionary comprising funny definitions based on genuine and innocent mistakes perpetrated by school children, illustrated with images from the National Library's photography collection. 'The Funny Dictionary' contains only genuine student bloopers. The definitions are not inventions by the author, but rather the product of the imagination, innocence, and accidental insights of school children across the decades. The result is a hilarious read that invites us not only to laugh but also test our own knowledge.
A wonderfully entertaining compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have over the last century become the cornerstones of modern spoken English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out the common identity that unites the English, to define what makes us who we are.
A collection of our favourite fascinating words. It includes cunning curiosities, remarkable rarities, wonderful words and tremendous trivia. All the words are in use or have been in use in the English language. Most of the entries are serious and educational but occasionally we have sprinkled in something unexpected and facetious. Some sample entries: ARNOLD is a boy's name which has two anagrams which are also boys' names - ROLAND and RONALD. DESSERTS is the longest word which forms another word when spelled backwards, STRESSED. IGNORAMUS - nowadays, a stupid person, but originally a jury verdict meaning 'we do not know' from the Latin ignoramus. OPOSSUM the only North American marsupial gets its name from the native American Powhatan language where it means white dog. Skunk, coyote, raccoon, moose, woodchuck, and caribou are other animals whose names come from native American tongues. QUEEN would be the first word in the dictionary if our alphabet was ordered to match the QWERTY keyboard layout.
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This book explores what is beautiful in English words by looking closely at the 100 loveliest of them selected by Dr. Robert Beard, formerly Dr. Language at yourDictionary.com and currently Dr. Goodword at alphaDictionary.com. The book begins with an essay on what makes words beautiful and a background essay on the relationships between European and Indian languages. This is followed by essays that examine the pronunciation, meaning, usage, and history of words like cynosure, desultory, ephemeral, gambol, petrichor, serendipity, and Susquehanna. Each word is accompanied by creative examples featuring Beard's regular cast of characters, including Natalie Cladd, Maude Lynn Dresser, Gilda Lilly and the twins, Rita and Rhoda Book.
What is Humor? [HUMOUR [(British English) HUMOR (AMERICAN ENGLISH)] - Humor is something that is funny, comical, or amusing Definition of 'Humorous Words' -- Words that are intended to be amusing, entertaining, funny, or comical are called humorous words. Examples: beak [noun] - large or pointed nose of somebody; ego-surfing [noun] - the activity of searching your name in different websites on Internet; iron rations [noun] - a small amount of food carried for emergency by soldiers, etc. while climbing or walking; unhand [verb] - to release somebody that you are holding Besides "Humorous Words", there are some Idioms and Phrasal Verbs which are used to express humor (amusement or funniness) Example- (idiom): a big cheese - a very important and influential person in a big organization Example- (phrasal verb): gird (up) your loins - to get ready to do a difficult task or activity NOTE: Many 'Humorous Words' are also used in 'formal', 'informal' or other sense - Example: BEAST -- beast [noun] [Humorous] - a person or thing who is unpleasant; beast [noun] [Informal] - a thing of a particular type; beast [noun] [Formal] - a large and dangerous animal Detailed list of 'humorous words', parts of speech they belong to, and their meanings are as follows: Humorous Words - A-- abaya [noun]- a full-length, sleeveless outer garment worn by Arabs abdicate [verb]- to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach abibliophobia [noun]- the fear of running out of reading material abomasums [noun]- the fourth stomach of a ruminant, such as a cow or sheep absquatulate [verb]- to abruptly leave or abscond with something academe [noun]- the world of studying, teaching, etc. at academic institutions e.g. universities and colleges accoutrements (accouterments) [noun]- pieces of equipment that are required for an activity; accessories acerbate [verb]- to embitter somebody acidulous [adjective]- rather sour or sharp in speech, manner, etc. adjourn to... [phrasal verb]- to go to another place to calm down of advanced years sb's advanced age [idiom]- used to show that somebody is 'very old' or aged agelast [noun]- one who never laughs aglet [noun]- the plastic tip on the end of a shoelace alack [exclamation]- used to express sadness or regret allegator [noun]- someone who alleges allergic [adjective]- strong dislike towards somebody amatory [adjective]- relating to physical activity or desire amphibology [noun]- grammatically ambiguous phrase or sentence (e.g.: he talked to his son and his daughter) amphisbaena [noun]- a mythical serpent with a head at each end anencephalous [adjective] - lacking a brain anfractuous [adjective]- circuitous or winding anguilliform [adjective]-resembling an eel anserine [adjective]- goose-like silly or foolish antediluvian [adjective]- traditional or out-of-date anthropophagy [noun]- cannibalism apolaustic [adjective]- devoted to the seeking of enjoyment apple-knocker [noun] ignorant or unsophisticated person appurtenance [noun]- a smaller part of something larger, superior or more significant archipelago [noun]- a chain of islands argle-bargle [noun]- meaningless and abundant talk or writing argus-eyed [adjective]- vigilant, referring to Argos, a Greek mythological watchman with a hundred eyes argute [adjective]- shrewd argy-bargy [noun]- noisy arguing assignation [noun]- a secret meeting with a lover autotomy [noun]- the casting off of a limb or other part of the body by an animal under threat, such as a lizard avuncular [adjective]- uncle-like