Better than great : a plenitudinous compendium of wallopingly fresh superlatives / by Arthur Plotnik.
Deft praise encourages others to feel as we do, share our enthusiasms. In this "age of awesome," our words and phrases of acclaim are exhausted, all but impotent. Arthur Plotnik is proffering a well knit wellspring of worthy and wondrous words to rescue our worn-down usage. --from publisher description
Record details
- ISBN: 9781573446600
- ISBN: 1573446602
- Physical Description: xxxv, 244 pages ; 18 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Viva Editions, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Great: a tough word to beat -- Sublime: beyond the ken of critters -- Physically affecting: praise by hurts and tickles -- Mentally, emotionally, or spiritually affecting: powering the emotional missile -- Beautiful: untying the beauty-bound tongue -- Joy-giving: praise that keeps giving -- Large: it's all relative -- Exceptional: reserved for one of a kind -- Intense: stretched to the extreme -- Delicious: tastier than unbelievable -- Trendy: fabulous on stilts -- Cool: when words coolide -- Wicked cool: a little bad -- Forceful: raw-knuckled, thermonuclear acclaim -- Challenging belief or expression: to believe or not to believe?.
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- English language > Adjective > Dictionaries.
English language > Usage > Dictionaries. - Genre:
- Dictionaries.
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- 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 423.1 PLO (Text) | 37810434973094 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
