Thingamajigs and Watchamacallits by Mim Harrison
Have you been guilty of catachresis* at work? Have you defenestrated* your dictionary in frustration? Do you have phloem bundles* stuck in your diastema*? Scratching your occiput* now?Rod L. Evans's Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits will help take the mystery out of some of our most obscure words. Containing hundreds of words from agitron (the phenomenon of wiggly lines in comic strips indicating that something is shaking) to zarf (the holder for a paper cone coffee cup), this lively reference will enable you to easily locate your thingamajig or whatchamacallit, be it animal, vegetable, mineral, or punctuation mark.
Leave no linguistic oddity unexamined-your brain will thank you.
*catachresis- strained, paradoxical, or incorrect use of a word;
*defenestrate- to throw out a window;
*phloem bundles- stringy bits between the skin and the edible parts of a banana;
*diastema- the gap between teeth in a jaw;
*occiput- the back part of the head or skull
Rod L.Evans, PhD, is an Old Dominion University philosophy professor in Norfolk, Virginia. Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, The Artful Nuance, Sorry, Wrong Answer, Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits, and a number of other novels are among his works. Language, trivia, and ethics are among Dr. Evans' teaching subjects and philosophical interests.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399536724 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399536728 |
| Title | Thingamajigs and Watchamacallits |
| Author | Mim Harrison |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2011-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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