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Word Play : a Wittipedia of Puns, Euphemisms, Malapropisms and the Best Word Play in the Greatest Language in the World by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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363 pages ; 23 cm 'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.' Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun. Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay. Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known
Who reads Word Play : a Wittipedia of Puns, Euphemisms, Malapropisms and the Best Word Play in the Greatest Language in the World?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Gyles Daubeney Brandreth
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781473620308
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fiction