{"product_id":"weird-and-wonderful-words-9780195159059","title":"Weird and Wonderful Words","description":"Weird and Wonderful Words is a pot-pourri, a gallimaufry, a salmagundi, a treasure trove of colourful, quirky, and unusual words. Containing hundreds of definitions written in a clear and conversational style and full-page illustrations which offer a whimsical and hilarious view of our glorious language. Amuse yourself and entertain your friends with your knowledge of who a snollygoster or a Funambulist may be, what a humdudgeon or a nubbingcheat was, or why you might want to engage in catopromancy. Appendices include a bibliography of Oxford's dictionaries and a guide to creating your own unusual words correctly from Greek and Latin roots. The perfect stocking filler and gift book, Weird and Wonderful Words is sure to be a favourite of logophiles (word lovers) everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErin McKean is the Senior Editor for the Oxford University Press North American Dictionary Program and the Editor of \u003cem\u003eVerbatim\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003cbr\u003eRoz Chast is a staff cartoonist for The \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e and the author of more than five books of cartoons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503107641618,"sku":"9780195159059","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a0bb1f4-6216-4c4e-824a-8163f58a8359.jpg?v=1730782817","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/weird-and-wonderful-words-9780195159059","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}