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RR 2014/096 How to Sound Really Clever: 600 Words You Need to Know Hubert van den Bergh Bloomsbury London and New York, NY 2013 214 pp. ISBN 978 1 4081 9485 0 £9.99
Keywords Dictionaries, Language
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-11-2013-0281
Logophiles rejoice: Hubert van den Bergh has returned with 600 new, unusual and simply misunderstood words with which to invigorate your vocabulary. Building on his first compendium, published and reviewed in 2010 (RR 2010/218), the author has been busy collecting fresh entries from "conversations and news articles" for the edification and delight of fellow hungry wordsmiths. For those who wish to flex their lexicon, How to Sound Clever is an indispensable cheat sheet, full of exotic terms like apotropaic and hebdomadal,...