The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words
Publisher: Bloomsbury
English is a rich language full of puns, slang and historical oddities. The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words addresses every possible funny wordy subject in a series of lists and games: from jokes, puns and cockney rhyming slang to spoonerisms, made-up languages and more.
A thorough tour through the odd world of our mother tongue, there is much to love and learn in this funny book that should delight young readers - and have parents flicking through, too.
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samrah, 23 December 2015
I found the book of weird and wacky words very fascinating with all the activities and fun stuff to do. I was surprised by the imaginative phrases in the book. I had a few ideas about what they would be like but when I found out what they actually were I was utterly surprised. I liked the layout of the facts and the way they were separated into their categories and not just a whole lot of gibberish. the writing war rather entertaining. there were fun games to play and silly sayings. I woul...