More Weird and Wonderful Words
by Erin McKean | 
The Word Museum
by Jeffrey Kacirk | 
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
by Bill Bryson |
The roots of English
by Robert Claiborne | 
English as a Second F*cking Language
by Sterling Johnson |
Dictionary of Word Origins
by Joseph T. Shipley | 
Straight from the Fridge, Dad
by Max Decharne | 
Crazy English
by Richard Lederer | 
Port Out, Starboard Home
by Michael Quinion | 
The Etymologicon
by Mark Forsyth | 
The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two
by Anu Garg | 
Semantic Antics
by Sol Steinmetz | 
The Play of Words
by Richard Lederer |
Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words
by Josefa Heifetz Byrne |
Origins
by Eric Partridge |
Weird and Wonderful Words is a pot-pourri, a gallimaufry, a salmagundi, a treasure trove of colourful, quirky, and unusual words. Containing hundreds of definitions written in a clear and conversational style and full-page illustrations which offer a whimsical and hilarious view of our glorious language. Amuse yourself and entertain your friends with your knowledge of who a snollygoster or a Funambulist may be, what a humdudgeon or a nubbingcheat was, or why you might want to engage in catopromancy.