Author(s): Peter Bowler (illus Roderick Mills)

General

A dictionary for every lover of good words, neglected words and downright mad words. The secret to being a truly Superior Person is to use really superior words. More impressive than a top hat, much more effective than a fist-fight, here are five hundred words to help you wiggle out of sticky debates, deal with obnoxious dinner guests and fill in sick-leave forms with panache. Are you a rasorial searcher after words? Are nouns your bread? Adjectives your butter? Verbs your salad, and adverbs your salad dressing? If so you will impress your friends, amaze your colleagues and baffle your enemies with this witty, charming, and clever little book. First published 1975; this revised edition 1982; with illustrations 2002.