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Semantricks: A Dictionary of Words You Thought You Knew
Semantricks: A Dictionary of Words You Thought You Knew
Semantricks: A Dictionary of Words You Thought You Knew
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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.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 24, 2008
ISBN9781429981729
Semantricks: A Dictionary of Words You Thought You Knew
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Lewis M. Gediman

Lewis M. Gediman is president of The Gediman Research Group, Inc. and a consulting affiliate of Dialogue Resource, Inc. – both marketing research and consulting firms. He lives and, when he can’t avoid it, works in Stamford, Connecticut, where he takes frequent long walks and occasional umbrage. His breadth of vision and depth of thinking is perhaps best expressed in the guiding principle: “I never met a word I couldn’t distort.” A dedicated fitness buff, he enjoys watching people exercise and eat sensibly.

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