A Barrel Full of Words: A Treasury of Wordplay

Book Description
Have you ever wondered: Is a casualty someone dressed in sweat shirt and jeans? Shouldn't the army infantry be called the army adultery? In the Navy, is a portly person left-handed? Is substantial worst than stantial? Would a cab driver who gets under your skin be a taxidermist? Have you heard about the discredited shopper? "A Barrel Full of Words" poses these kinds of questions and then goes on to poke fun at hundreds of other curious words, many presented in amusing epigrams. This is not just a book of puns but all kinds of curious language oddities never compiled before. There are fractured definitions (bedlam = night flight; penchant = oink; gastric = hybrid automobile), mock antonyms (after – sterner; prostitution – constitution; butter – buttress ), prime rhymes ("A terrible parable is a gory story."), hyphenation goofs call hyp-hens ("Jethro Bumper was the only not-able person running for city mayor."), shadow antonyms ("Silas wanted to spend his money prehumously."), goofinitions ("Jason thought a manicurist could solve his impotence."), and much more. The renowned and prolific Dr. Richard Lederer, author of Get Thee To A Punnery, Crazy English, and other similar books, declares "it's punderful material." There's a lot here to tickle your humorous humerus.

From the Publisher
Here is a humorous collection of over 1,000 English words—a veritable encyclopedia--including goofinitions, mock antonyms, collective nouns, hyp-hens, punnishing adjectives, bundle words and much more. This is a must-have volume for comedians, speech writers, punsters, toastmasters, English teachers, and all students of language

About the Author
Jim Wegryn is a freelance writer and former computer consultant who has written many technical pieces. He has published a science fiction novel and has been a guest columnist for the local newspaper, the Lansing State Journal. He is also currently marketing a book about names.


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