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The Little Book of Lost Words
The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 86 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting | Joe Gillard
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The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history's best words. This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving that some things never change! The Little Book of Lost Words presents each term that's ready to be brought back into modern-day use, complete with definition, hilarious sample sentence, and cheeky historical art. You'll learn new words for the cozy room where you like to Netflix and chill (snuggery), for a dishonest politician (snollygoster), and for a young person who sleeps through the day and doesn't work (dewdropper). If you like Lost in Translation, Shakespeare Insult Generator, Drunk History, and Roald Dahl--and you delight in the way words like blatteroon and flapdoodle roll off the tongue--then you're the word lover this book was written for. Want to know what a fizgig or groke is? Read this book!
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ontheBL
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A compilation of words from ye olden days that should be brought back forthwith. It's hilarious and interesting and full of words you should use... and some I already have been using for a very long time.

https://onthebl.org/2019/11/14/the-little-book-of-lost-words-by-joe-gillard

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wanderinglynn
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Email for Penguin this morning with a book I‘m going to have to get. I love learning about words.

Sace This is perfect for me! I even used the theme for the giveaway I'm doing! 5y
wanderinglynn @RestlessFickleBookHoarder That‘s so cool! Or should I say that‘s the bee‘s knees! 😉 5y
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Gina
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It's time for warm fuzzy sweaters, hot beverages and a good book of course...

https://www.readitforward.com/essay/article/book-gifts-fall-2019/?ref=PRHE2A59B0...