Semantricks

At last, a book for the American Idle. Here is a punny new dictionary of inventive definitions of real words. Acrimony: Spousal support payments following bitter divorce Friction: Novel that rubs you the wrong way Negligence: Woman's forgotten dressing gown Zinfandel: Heathen wine Ranging from the merely fetched (Spaniel: Iberian canine) to the far-fetched (Buccaneer: Piracy in corn pricing) to the neurologically suspect (Giraffe: Very tall spotted decanter),Semantrickswill surprise, delight, and even stump the most word-wary pundits. Suffix it to say, you'll never look atdiphthongthe same way again.Gediman, Lewis M. is the author of 'Semantricks', published 2008 under ISBN 9780312377823 and ISBN 0312377827.