Description
Part encyclopedia, part miscellany, this tour of the world of words will take readers from the origin of Abracadabra to Zyzzyva. Meticulously researched, wittily written and beautifully designed, with hand-drawn illustrations by Caroline Church, each page is a lucky dip into language. Discover Scottish Insults, Elizabethan Colours, the history of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, unusual mealtimes, Technobabble and many more linguistic rabbit-holes down which to vanish.
Details
  • Author: Blackburn, Joshua
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publication Date: 25/09/2025
  • ISBN: 9781526689344
  • B-Code: B079983
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  • Pages: 272
  • Dimensions: 198x129mm