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Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed

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The classic dictionary of invented words, coined by one of America's comic geniuses--the perfect book for language lovers everywhere.

Gelett Burgess has been a revered figure over generations for anyone who loves wordplay. Probably best known today as the creator of the Goops and the famous Purple Cow verse, he was also the author of many books and a brilliant, iconoclastic American humorist who, when at a loss for words, made them up.

Burgess Unabridged is the splendidly entertaining dictionary of linguistic inventions that Burgess originally published in 1914. Some of his coinages have since become playful parts of our language while others were never picked up ; but every one of them is as fresh, entertaining, and--yes--useful as when it first appeared. Reading Burgess is sheer delight: in addition to detailed definitions, he provides scintillating brief essays outlining the various usages of each word, and a clever eight-line poem displaying that word in action. Thus, every page brings entertainment and education in equal measure.

This new edition offers the pleasures of the original typography and design along with the delightful artwork of Herb Roth, illuminating many of Burgess's creations. Like Ambrose Bierce's and Mark Twain's, Gelett Burgess's humor and mastery of the English language are timeless.

Language: English

Pages: 120

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Walker & Company

Release: September 04, 2007

ISBN: 0802716466

ISBN 13: 9780802716460

Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed

4.7/5 ( ratings)

The classic dictionary of invented words, coined by one of America's comic geniuses--the perfect book for language lovers everywhere.

Gelett Burgess has been a revered figure over generations for anyone who loves wordplay. Probably best known today as the creator of the Goops and the famous Purple Cow verse, he was also the author of many books and a brilliant, iconoclastic American humorist who, when at a loss for words, made them up.

Burgess Unabridged is the splendidly entertaining dictionary of linguistic inventions that Burgess originally published in 1914. Some of his coinages have since become playful parts of our language while others were never picked up ; but every one of them is as fresh, entertaining, and--yes--useful as when it first appeared. Reading Burgess is sheer delight: in addition to detailed definitions, he provides scintillating brief essays outlining the various usages of each word, and a clever eight-line poem displaying that word in action. Thus, every page brings entertainment and education in equal measure.

This new edition offers the pleasures of the original typography and design along with the delightful artwork of Herb Roth, illuminating many of Burgess's creations. Like Ambrose Bierce's and Mark Twain's, Gelett Burgess's humor and mastery of the English language are timeless.

Language: English

Pages: 120

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Walker & Company

Release: September 04, 2007

ISBN: 0802716466

ISBN 13: 9780802716460

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