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Sorry, Wrong Answer
Trivia Questions That Even Know-It-Alls Get Wrong
E-bok, 2010
116 kr
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Where were Venetian blinds invented? What color is the black box on a commercial airplane? Where did India ink originate?* Most of us know more than we think we know. We also think we know more than we actually do-because some of what we think we know simply "ain''t so." We all harbor …
Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits
Unfamiliar Terms for Familiar Things
E-bok, 2011
113 kr
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Have you been guilty of catachresis* at work? Have you defenestrated* your dictionary in frustration? Do you have phloem bundles* stuck in your diastema*? Scratching your occiput* now? Rod L. Evans''s Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits will help take the mystery out of some of our most obscure …
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
The Book of Mnemonic Devices
E-bok, 2007
94 kr
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When is a "tulip"* not a flower? When it''s one of hundreds of mnemonic devices in this comprehensive sourcebook. From remembering the notes on a scale (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge) to correctly performing geometric equations (Soh-Cah-Toa) to using "HOMES" for conjuring up the Great Lakes (Huron …
Artful Nuance
A Refined Guide to Imperfectly Understood Words in the English Language
E-bok, 2009
142 kr
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?The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.? (Mark Twain) What?s the difference between: Nectar and ambrosia? Bough and branch? Astonished and surprised? Sensual and sensuous? Beside and besides? Many people use these words interchangeably but there …
