{"product_id":"9781620455432","title":"Another Word a Day : An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English","description":"\u003cp\u003eA smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic wordsIn this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from \\\"\\\"Words Formed Erroneously\\\"\\\" and \\\"\\\"Red-Herring Words\\\"\\\" to \\\"\\\"Kangaroo Words,\\\"\\\" \\\"\\\"Discover the Theme,\\\"\\\" and \\\"\\\"What Does That Company Name Mean?\\\"\\\" In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations.Praise for a word a day\\\"\\\"Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!\\\"\\\" --Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court\\\"\\\"AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories.\\\"\\\" --John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45491706953807,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1013.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781620455432","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}