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Orange Code:25092
Paperback:305 pages
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1. From swelt to zonk: WORDS FOR DYING2. From neb to hooter: WORDS FOR NOSE3. From cup-shot torat-arsed: WORDS FOR BEING DRUNK4. From meatship to trough, and nuncheon to short-eat: WORDS FOR A (LIGHT) MEAL5. From gong to shitter, and closet to the House of Lords: WORDS FOR A PRIVY6. From dizzy to numpty: WORDS FOR A FOOL7. From darling to lamb-chop: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT8. From lo to knickers, and aplight to sapristi: OATHS AND EXCLAMATIONS9. From guest house to B & B, and hotel to floatel: WORDS FOR INNS AND HOTELS10. From meretrix to parlor girl: WORDS FOR A PROSTITUTE11. From smolt to untempestuous, and reigh to ugly: WORDS FOR CALM AND STORMY WEATHER12. From astronaut to Skylab: WORDS FOR SPACECRAFT
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Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be prepared to learn words you have never heard before, find out fascinating facts behind everyday words, and be surprised at how lively and varied the English language can be.
Published to critical acclaim in 2009, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is the first comprehensive thesaurus in the world to arrange words by meaning in order of first recorded use. Using its unique perspective on how the English language has developed, Words in Time and Placetakes 15 themes and explores the language in these areas over time - explaining when new words appeared, where they came from, and what such changes say about times in which they emerged. The themes chosen are varied, universal topics and show the semantic range of the thesaurus and what it can tell us about the words used in areas of everyday life. Learn about the different words for dying and money, or types of pop music, as well as words for a privy, oaths, and words for being drunk.
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