The Foolish Dictionary

Name: The Foolish Dictionary
Author: Gideon Wurdz

by Gideon Wurdz

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2008-09-01

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

American wit and humor English language -- Dictionaries -- Humor English language -- Semantics -- Humor Vocabulary -- Humor

About the author

Gideon Wurdz

b. 1875

Best remembered for the comic pen name Gideon Wurdz, this American humorist delighted readers with playful nonsense, mock definitions, and light satire in the early 1900s. His books turn language itself into the joke, giving them a breezy charm that still feels fresh.

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