Marriage Dictionary [Hardcover]

Tom Carey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1993

What’s the real meaning of the word Bridesmaid? How about Bachelor Party? Or Honeymoon? Or Prenuptial Agreement?

Hilarious definitions of these wedding words and hundreds more in a way that Webster’s never could or would.

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About the Author

Tom Carey is the author of numerous humor books about marriage, sex and golf. He lives and works in Illinois. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Hysteria (May 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1877590991
• ISBN-13: 978-1877590993
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,831,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, Funny, Funny !!!!!, October 1, 2007

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V. Barton (Bagdad, AZ) - See all my reviews
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My husband and I can't get enough of this book. I think it would be a great gift for a newlywed couple although it seems so much funnier after being married for many years. The definitions in this book are dead on right, it is so funny. We are planning to get more copies to give as Christmas gifts. Check it out, you won't be disapointed :)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A collection of marriage jokes grounded in bitterness, September 7, 2007

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marriage Dictionary (Hardcover)

This book is another one in the very long line of lengthy jokes about marriage. Many common words are "defined" in the context of marriage and to maintain the joke, they are almost exclusively negative. Some examples are:

Imaginative - Any idea you come up with to enliven sex which your spouse funds too gross.
Jello - The only food that your husband ever learned to cook.
Joint bank account - Checking account which allows you to spend your spouse's money any way that you want.
Period - The five days of the month when your wife does not have PMS.

While I acknowledge that some people will find these jokes funny, I did not. I find marriage jokes to be grounded in a sense of bitterness that removes any humorous aspects that they may have.