Bibliograph

Words gone wild, fun and games for language lovers, by Jim Bernhard

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Words gone wild, fun and games for language lovers, by Jim Bernhard

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Words gone wild

Oclc number

475452272

Responsibility statement

by Jim Bernhard

Sub title

fun and games for language lovers

Summary

A lighthearted but scholarly guide to humorous language includes puns from Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, and the Bible, in addition to puzzles, tongue twisters, and other kinds of word play

Table Of Contents

Once a pun a time : puns: homographs, homophones, assonants, and feghoots -- Risqué business : clerihews and limericks -- Letter rip! : lipograms, univocalics, anagrams, palindromes, charade sentences, rhopalics, isoliterals, isosyllabics -- Thinking inside the box : crossword puzzles -- If you say so : wellerisms, tom swifties, croakers, and envelope-pushers -- Beware the doggerel! : rhymes without reason -- Have you tasted your worm? : spoonerisms, malapropisms, mondegreens, eggcorns, and holorimes -- God save the queens! : acrostic puzzles -- Tickling your ribaldry : double entendres, newspaper headlines, knock-knock jokes -- Nonsense for the nonce : verse for special occasions -- Into the crypt I creep : cryptic puzzles -- Ragbag : euphemisms, highly irregular conjugations, tongue-twisters, theater-by-the-numbers, rhyming slang, and name games -- L'envoi -- Answers to puzzles

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