The Little Book of Lost Words - by Joe Gillard (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing oneself with history's best words. This collection features scores of unique words that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving that some things never change.ange.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>The founder of </b><b><i>History Hustle </i></b><b>presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history's best words. </b></b> <p/>This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving that some things never change! <i>The Little Book of Lost Words</i> presents each term that's ready to be brought back into modern-day use, complete with definition, hilarious sample sentence, and cheeky historical art. You'll learn new words for the cozy room where you like to Netflix and chill (<i>snuggery</i>), for a dishonest politician (<i>snollygoster</i>), and for a young person who sleeps through the day and doesn't work (<i>dewdropper</i>). If you like <i>Lost in Translation</i>, <i>Shakespeare Insult Generator</i>, <i>Drunk History</i>, and Roald Dahl--and you delight in the way words like <i>blatteroon</i> and <i>flapdoodle</i> roll off the tongue--then you're the word lover this book was written for. Want to know what a fizgig or groke is? Read this book!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Perfection for word nerds. We're not being akrasic in saying this is a wonderful book!<b> --Ross Petras and Kathryn Petras</b>, authors of <i>You're Saying It Wrong</i> and <i>That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>JOE GILLARD is a history buff and founder of <i>History Hustle</i>, a digital publication for history fans. He believes history is really just one big story of humans doing hilarious and interesting things. <i>History Hustle</i> boasts over 320,000 loyal social media followers, 40 million video views, and has been featured on <i>Quartz</i>, <i>The Chive, Bored Panda</i>, <i>Cheezburger</i>, the <i>Culture Trip, </i>and more.
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