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Loading... The Superior Person's Third Book of Well-Bred Wordsby Peter Bowler
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The anxiously awaited third volume is here; a picturesque panoply of words that neither you nor anyone else has heard of. Bowler provides you not only with an expanded arsenal of words themselves, but also a genuine sense of the words and how to toss them off with devastating effect. Yes, friends, it is all here; over 500 hundred new and sonifacient words that will equip you with new and better verbal weapons with which to verbigerate your friends and gorgonize your enemies. No library descriptions found. |
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For example, every boy who has made a model aircraft carrier knows that the hook behind an aircraft is called an arrestor hook and the equipment on the carrier is called "arresting gear" - new term for handbrake!
The book might lead to some long-forgotten words returning to the language. For example "ravel" (v.) and still on a music theme "ostinato" (n.) - a repetative and simple melodic theme.
The author gives funny examples for use of the words, but does not say how they are pronounced.