Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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!
Title: The Little Book Of Lost Words Collywobbles Snollygosters And 87 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting
Author(s): Gillard Joe
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Barcode: 9780399582677
Pages: 192 Pages, 100 Illustrations
Publication Date: 9/3/2019
Category: Humour