I Never Knew There Was a Word For It by Adam Jacot de Boinod

I Never Knew There Was a Word For It

Adam Jacot de Boinod

800 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction reference funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
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From 'shotclog', a Yorkshire term for a companion only tolerated because he is paying for the drinks, to Albanian having 29 words to describe different kinds of eyebrows, the languages of the world are full of amazing, amusing and illuminating wor...

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