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The Almost-Dictionary

The Almost-Dictionary

Dalston, John

Paperback

Business GeneralHumorDictionaries & Encyclopedias

Publisher Price: $11.95

ISBN10: 0981957900
ISBN13: 9780981957906
Publisher: Aspectedge
Published: Aug 14 2009
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Almost-Dictionary contains definitions only for almost-words. Almost-words, like almost-count (settle for a pretty good estimate), are not to be found in the almost-standard dictionaries (Merriam-Webster, Oxford, etc.). Other examples of almost-words: almost-all (most), almost-catch (fumble), almost-cure (treatment), almost-giraffe (zebra), almost-news (a message that doesn't sufficiently inform), almost-run (jog), almost-science (technology), and so on. Things are rarely pure or perfect. There's usually a gap between the way things are and the way we would like things to be. The almost-standard dictionaries leave a lot of definitions out, hence the need for the likes of: Jeff Foxworthy's The Redneck Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary, and The Dictionary of American Slang. The Almost-Dictionary may be of interest to those that stock dictionaries, reference books, business and especially quality-related reference books, or humor books.

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