- Calendar: 320 pages
- Publisher: Workman Publishing; Pag edition (1 Aug 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0761162356
- ISBN-13: 978-0761162353
- Product Dimensions: 16.3 x 15.7 x 5.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #42 in Books > Reference > Language > Slang & Jargon
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Product Description
For word lovers, it 's the perennial bestseller, and the authority of the editors at Merriam-Webster, America 's most-respected dictionary. Every morning, learn a fun, smart, sassy, and good-to-know word. Here are literary words ("techno-thriller"), fun-to-say words ("cock-a-hoop"), scientific words ("sastruga"), million-dollar words ("philoprogenitive"), recently coined words ("wiki"), and more. Each entry includes definition, pronunciation, sample sentence, and detailed word history. For writers, students, crossword puzzlers, and language buffs, it 's an enhanced vocabulary, day after day.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Calendar
This is one of my fave gifts, and I wouldn't mind receiving it, either... The 'New Words' calendar makes a perfect gift for anyone who writes for a living, or who just enjoys word games, crosswords and such. It's a desktop or wall-mounted calendar, of the tear-off type with a page per day. Like others of its type the 'New Words' calendar isn't the sort you'd use for long-term planning or managing your workload during a week. It's not a planner or activity diary -- instead it gives a new motto, message or quotation for each day of the week.
I really like these forms of calendars because they tend to make us stop and think for a couple of moments -- normally early in the day, over the first cup of coffee! This one is especially entertaining, providing an educational extension to vocabulary together with details about pronunciation and correct useage. It's fun and useful; and you can share the fun by sending appropriate words/days to your friends as the year progresses.
The only downside is that because it's an international calendar, it doesn't contain info about UK holidays and dates. There are also no glossy illustrations or pretty pictures; these calendars focus on the text.
Still, I reckon this is the ideal gift for any Scrabble fanatic. And a lot of educational fun for everyone else.
9/10
I really like these forms of calendars because they tend to make us stop and think for a couple of moments -- normally early in the day, over the first cup of coffee! This one is especially entertaining, providing an educational extension to vocabulary together with details about pronunciation and correct useage. It's fun and useful; and you can share the fun by sending appropriate words/days to your friends as the year progresses.
The only downside is that because it's an international calendar, it doesn't contain info about UK holidays and dates. There are also no glossy illustrations or pretty pictures; these calendars focus on the text.
Still, I reckon this is the ideal gift for any Scrabble fanatic. And a lot of educational fun for everyone else.
9/10
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Calendar
Ordered for a christmas present, arrived very prompt, packed well. Person was delighted with their gift.
Very pleased with calender.
Very pleased with calender.
Format:Calendar
It was so quickly, I had recived this en three working days. Good experience. Thanks at all. I'll do more shopping with u.
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Page-a-day calendar
Looking at a new word each day wakes me up each morning! Although some of the words are a little "Amercianised" I find learning the roots of words fascinating. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Maryl
Clever present for all
No matter how large your vocabulary, this calendar always gives you words you didn't know, but would like to use, in a light easy-to-use, attractive format.
Published 4 months ago by J M STRAUS
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