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Semantricks: A Dictionary of Words You Thought You Knew
enlarge	Authors: Lewis M. Gediman, Nino Denicola, Paul Gediman, Michael B. Laudor Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Category: Book List Price: ~~$12.95~~ Buy New: $5.49 You Save: $7.46 (58%) New (30) from $5.49 Avg. Customer Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 668641 Media: Paperback Edition: 1st Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 144 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 6 x 4.4 x 0.3 ISBN: 0312377827 Dewey Decimal Number: 423.0207 EAN: 9780312377823 ASIN: 0312377827 Publication Date: June 24, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: In perfect condition

Editorial Reviews: Product Description 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.

Customer Reviews: Get Thee to a Punnery July 24, 2008 There is something about a well-constructed pun that delights the mind and makes the sphincter pucker. And, believe me, after reading this book, you will be able to crack walnuts with your butt. It's laugh-out-loud funny, intelligent, witty, and insightful in ways that mainstream humor used to be before America's Funniest Home Videos made The Three Stooges look like Shakespeare. I read it in one sitting. And not because I'm very lonely. Because it's that good! So, if your boss is out of town, and you can't sleep in your cubicle, then buy this book, and have fun cracking up at what these extremely clever guys can do with the English language.