101 Weird Words (and Three Fakes)
eBook - ePub

101 Weird Words (and Three Fakes)

From Ambidextrous to Zugzwang

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

101 Weird Words (and Three Fakes)

From Ambidextrous to Zugzwang

About this book

101 Weird Words (and Three Fakes) is a mini-dictionary jam-packed with unusual or interesting words, followed by a fun and descriptive definition for each one. Filled with silly pictures and strange wordy facts, this is a book to sweep the reader through the alphabet from AMBIDEXTROUS (no repeated letters) to ZUGZWANG (not a place you want to visit), with a generous sprinkling of riddles, puzzles and bonus facts. For an extra challenge, try to spot the three fakes in the collection. Is it YARG - the cheese that turned its maker backwards? Or maybe JUFFLE - the semi-jig, semi-shuffle you do on a zebra crossing? Only a true word detective will crack the case!

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Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. AMBIDEXTROUS
  7. AMOSNIAC
  8. AMPERSAND
  9. ARCHAEOPTERYX
  10. AWRY
  11. BELLADONNA
  12. BOOTLEG
  13. BORBORYGMUS
  14. BRIO
  15. BRUSQUE
  16. BURPEE
  17. BURQINI
  18. CACOPHONY
  19. CAPTCHA
  20. CHATOYANT
  21. COOEE
  22. CURGLAFF
  23. DIK-DIK
  24. DISCOMBOBULATE
  25. DOOSRA
  26. EARWORM
  27. EDDY
  28. EPHEMERAL
  29. FARNARKLE
  30. FLIBBERTIGIBBET
  31. FRUNK
  32. FURPHY
  33. FURTIVE
  34. GLABELLA
  35. GNOMON
  36. GOBBLEDEGOOK
  37. GOOGLEGANGER
  38. GROAK
  39. HABOOB
  40. HAYWIRE
  41. HOBNOB
  42. HUMBLEBRAG
  43. ILLEISM
  44. INTERROBANG
  45. ISABELLINE
  46. JACUZZI
  47. JETTISON
  48. JUFFLE
  49. JUGGERNAUT
  50. KALAMAZOO
  51. KIRIGAMI
  52. KOWTOW
  53. KVETCH
  54. LACKADAISICAL
  55. LAMBENT
  56. LAVA-LAVA
  57. LEVIDROME
  58. MACGUFFIN
  59. MANTICORE
  60. MAVERICK
  61. MEGALOMANIAC
  62. NARCISSIST
  63. NEF
  64. OCHE
  65. ONKAPARINGA
  66. OM
  67. OMNISHAMBLES
  68. OSCULATE
  69. OUTLANDISH
  70. PARAPH
  71. PAREIDOLIA
  72. PERGOLA
  73. PETRICHOR
  74. PLACEBO
  75. PLIP
  76. PROPAGANDA
  77. PUMPERNICKEL
  78. QUASI
  79. QUIDNUNC
  80. RAMBUNCTIOUS
  81. RAZZMATAZZ
  82. RHOPALIC
  83. RISLEY
  84. SENSUOUSNESS
  85. SHENANIGANS
  86. SKULDUGGERY
  87. SMOOT
  88. STOIC
  89. SUBITISE
  90. SUPERCILIOUS
  91. TABOO
  92. TEMPLOID
  93. TOADY
  94. TRIAGE
  95. TRIANTIWONTYGONG
  96. ULLAGE
  97. ULULATE
  98. UMAMI
  99. USHER
  100. VELLEITY
  101. VOMITORIUM
  102. VUVUZELA
  103. WOOZLE
  104. WUG
  105. XEROX
  106. YARG
  107. YORKIPOO
  108. ZHOOSH
  109. ZUGZWANG
  110. WHO DUNNY? DID YOU PICK THE FAKES FROM THE FLOCK?
  111. ABOUT THE AUTHOR