The Illustrated Compendium of Weirdly Specific Words is an
illustrated dictionary of the 300+ most specific words in the English
language, along with their definitions, roots, and (hilarious) usage
quotes!
Have you ever been lying in your bed, surrounded by crumbs and wrappers,
feasting on your fifth pop tart and thought, I wish there was a word for
this? Well, there is! Accubationis - the practice of eating and
drinking while lying down. The English language is populated by many
words that have a regular place in everyday conversation, and The
Illustrated Compendium of Weirdly Specific Words celebrates these words
by featuring definitions, origins and usage, and coupling
illustrations. Words include:
- Badling (noun) - a group of ducks.
- Crapulence (noun) - sickness resulting from eating too much.
- Guddle (verb) - fishing only with your hands.
- Kaiju (noun) - A film genre characterized by giant, terrifying
monsters.
- Slugabed (noun) - A lazy person who stays in bed late.
- Wegotism (noun) - The excessive use of the word 'we'.
With more than 300 insanely specific words, you'd think that you would
know a few of them, right? Well, think again! We're willing to wager
that you don't know a single one of these words! Unless, of course,
you have a special interest in the smell of horse urine (the word for
that particular odor is jumentuous). The Illustrated Compendium of
Weirdly Specific Words not only captures these words through equally
specific illustrations, it also tells you what they mean! And like so
many great reference books before it, it is organized in alphabetical
order, from aglet to zopissa.
Readers will close this book a little bit smarter than they were when
they picked it up!
