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Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business? You probably have heard the comparisons HAPPY AS A CLAM, SMART AS A WHIP, PLEASED AS PUNCH, DEAD AS A DOORNAIL - but have you ever wondered why a clam should be happy, a whip smart, punch pleased, and a doornail dead? By playing the fifty games in this book, you'll discover the answers to these questions as well as hundreds of other semantic delights that repose in our marvelous English language.
About the Author
Richard Lederer is the author of more than 30 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current book, Presidential Trivia. He has been profiled in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker, People, and the National Enquirer and frequently appears on radio as a commentator on language. Dr. Lederer's syndicated column, "Looking at Language," appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International's Golden Gavel winner.
Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business? You probably have heard the comparisons HAPPY AS A CLAM, SMART AS A WHIP, PLEASED AS PUNCH, DEAD AS A DOORNAIL - but have you ever wondered why a clam should be happy, a whip smart, punch pleased, and a doornail dead? By playing the fifty games in this book, you'll discover the answers to these questions as well as hundreds of other semantic delights that repose in our marvelous English language.
About the Author
Richard Lederer is the author of more than 30 books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current book, Presidential Trivia. He has been profiled in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker, People, and the National Enquirer and frequently appears on radio as a commentator on language. Dr. Lederer's syndicated column, "Looking at Language," appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International's Golden Gavel winner.
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Engaging in mental games is as beneficial to the mind as physical exercise is to the body. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inky pinky Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, New Hampshire, Old English, Native American New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Adventures of a Verbivore by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Write Way: The S.P.E.L.L. Guide to Real-Life Writing (Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature) by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge on page 117, and page 271
- Get Thee To a Punnery by Richard Lederer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Fractured English by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Crazy English by Richard Lederer in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Metaphorically Selling by Anne Miller in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Revenge of Anguished English: More Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language by Richard Lederer in Front Matter
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