Semantricks

A Dictionary of Words You Thought You Knew

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, Jokes & Riddles, General Humour
Cover of the book Semantricks by Lewis M. Gediman, Nino DeNicola, Paul Gediman, Michael B. Laudor, St. Martin's Press
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Author: Lewis M. Gediman, Nino DeNicola, Paul Gediman, Michael B. Laudor ISBN: 9781429981729
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication: June 24, 2008
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin Language: English
Author: Lewis M. Gediman, Nino DeNicola, Paul Gediman, Michael B. Laudor
ISBN: 9781429981729
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication: June 24, 2008
Imprint: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English

At last, a book for the American Idle. Here is a punny new dictionary of inventive definitions of real words.

Acrimony: Spousal support payments following bitter divorce
Friction: Novel that rubs you the wrong way
Negligence: Woman's forgotten dressing gown
Zinfandel: Heathen wine

Ranging from the merely fetched (Spaniel: Iberian canine) to the far-fetched (Buccaneer: Piracy in corn pricing) to the neurologically suspect (Giraffe: Very tall spotted decanter), Semantricks will surprise, delight, and even stump the most word-wary pundits. Suffix it to say, you'll never look at diphthong the same way again.

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At last, a book for the American Idle. Here is a punny new dictionary of inventive definitions of real words.

Acrimony: Spousal support payments following bitter divorce
Friction: Novel that rubs you the wrong way
Negligence: Woman's forgotten dressing gown
Zinfandel: Heathen wine

Ranging from the merely fetched (Spaniel: Iberian canine) to the far-fetched (Buccaneer: Piracy in corn pricing) to the neurologically suspect (Giraffe: Very tall spotted decanter), Semantricks will surprise, delight, and even stump the most word-wary pundits. Suffix it to say, you'll never look at diphthong the same way again.

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