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Superior Person's Third Book of Well [Hardcover]

Peter Bowler (Author)
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If you seek the perfect insult, a means to impress or plain old inscrutability, look no further than The Superior Person's Third Book of Well-Bred Words by series author Peter Bowler (Human Remains), illustrated by Dennis Corrigan. At once flaunting and mocking a raunchy upper-crust sensibility, Bowler offers a lexicon devoid of practical value, but replete with entertaining possibilities. Readers will learn the definitions of nearly obsolete words like peascod-belly ("A false stomach worn under the clothing by Elizabethan men") and musophobia ("The morbid dread of mice"), many of which won't be found in standard desktop dictionaries. Not for the faint of wit.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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4.0 out of 5 stars fun, Dec 13 2001
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i thought this was gonna be the stuffy book of fancy words.... not so. it's really fun. i bought it for a friend, and read it first. enjoyed it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars bought two, Feb 10 2012
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On reading a review I decided that I should buy one for myself and one for a friend as we're both crazy about words. Have had a look through mine and it's funny and clever so shall send the other to my friend for her birthday.

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4.0 out of 5 stars fun, Dec 13 2001
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i thought this was gonna be the stuffy book of fancy words.... not so. it's really fun. i bought it for a friend, and read it first. enjoyed it.
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