The Word Museum is a collection of words that have gone into disuse. Some of these words are absolutely marvellous. Rather than quote the entire book, I've selected a word for each letter of the alphabet.abracadabrant - marvellous or stunningbarley-child - a child born in wedlock but in the first si...
Glory of glories! A book about dead words! HUZZAH!Some English words are no longer used. Jeffrey Kacirk poured through old dictionaries and found some gems. Let's go already!!! --->>>Roozles: Wretchedness of mind; the "miserables".Quanked: Overpowered by fatigue.Spermologer: A picker-up of trivia, o...
I'm SO not going to finish this one. I just hate, hate, hate the way Informal English is put together. I wasn't expecting what is, basically, a compilation of a few different lists of regional phrases; I was expecting a more substantial book, more of a conversation.I might have liked it better if Ka...
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