The Book Quiver
Word Play
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Book · 4 editions

Word Play

2015
first published
English
language
4
edition in English
1
pages

'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.' Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun. Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay. Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known.

Editions

4 editions · sort: newest
Word PlayWord Playhodder_paperbacks978-14-7362-029-297814736202922016-08-25English (United Kingdom)1Softcover
Word PlayWord Playhodder_stoughton978-14-7362-837-397814736283732015-09-24English (United Kingdom)—Audiobook
Word PlayWord Playhodder_stoughton978-14-7362-047-697814736204762015-09-24English (United Kingdom)—Audiobook
Word PlayWord Playhodder_stoughton978-14-7362-031-597814736203152015-08-06English (United Kingdom)—E-book