One word : contemporary writers on the words they love or loathe / edited by Molly McQuade.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McQuade, Molly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vocabulary.

English language--Usage.

English language.

English language--Lexicography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Sarabande Books, c2010.

Summary:

One Word asks the question writers and readers love to answer: what word means the most to you, and why?

Contents:

Title Page; Epigraph; Foreword; A; AMMAVIDE; ARDOR; AS (WE LIKE IT); BAFFLE; BITCHIN'; BLOG; CAREEN; COLANDER; CORN; CRASH; DÄMMERUNG; DARB; DASSN'T; DEHISCENCE; DIVE; DOOM; ECHO; EEK; EYE; FACT; FELT; FIASCO; FILTHY; FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION; FLORERE; FORGET; GRAY; HALF-LIGHT; HOPE; H.O.T.T.; I; ICKYBICKY; INTERESTING; INVISIBLE; KANKEDORT; LASAI; LILAC; LINE; MIDNIGHT; NEGLIGEE; NUT; OR; PANTS; PERSONAL; PREFER; QUIPU; RIFF; SIX-PACK; FORK; FLUX; LIMITED; MEZZY; SCALE; SIMULTANEITY; SOLMIZATE; STILL; SUBITANE; SWEET; SWEETIE; THERMOSTAT; TOPSOIL; UMAMI; UMUNNEM; UNKNOWABLE; UR; VERB

VERSEVERY; WARRANT; WOOL; WRONG; AFTERWORD:A RUNAWAY VOWEL; CONTRIBUTOR NOTES; AUTHOR INDEX; Copyright Page

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-281-74561-8

9786613789839

1-936747-24-3

OCLC:

761645628