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Description and Opinions
Product Description:
"Anu Garg’s many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here’s a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!" –Barbara Wallraff Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court Praise for A Word a Day "AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg’s refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite mondegreens.The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from "Portmanteaux" to "Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective." each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example–and many feature fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers and the authors.
IF you love words... 
and...I DO... This is but one of a few of THE best books on words you can come by.. It.s written in a most amuseing way AND direct way...easy to understand and with enough tongue in cheek to keep you reading... I thoroly enjoyed it...
Entertaining and fun reading
You can pick this book up for a few minutes or an hour, it is informative and entertaining for any word lover.
Nancy LaMott's Beautiful Baby
Amazon provides quick, inexpensive, complete and thorough service. I always find what I'm looking for and it arrives quickly. If there is a problem, which happened with one product awhile ago, Amazon's AtoZ guarantee paid for it without a glich.
I am one happy customer!
The joy, magic and music of words ..
For those of us who love words, this book is a wonderful addition to any collection of books about language. The book is not primarily a vocabulary builder (although it can be), it is more a celebration of the interesting, the obscure and the unusual.
I bought this book back in 2004 after discovering the word a day website. I may never use most of thee words in my everyday speech or writing, but I feel enriched by making their acquaintance. I must treat myself to the second book soon.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
A fresh approach to words and language
Have always loved the AWAD web site and Garg's fresh approach to language. How nice to have a book in one's hand to peruse at leisure. Garg's introductions to each chapter personalize and make the somewhat arcane words come to life.
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