Peter Bowler
Autor de The Superior Person's Book of Words
Sobre El Autor
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) This author is NOT to be combined with the historian of science, Peter J Bowler.
Créditos de la imagen: Courtesy of Allen & Unwin.
Series
Obras de Peter Bowler
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1934-05-25
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Australia
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
- Lugares de residencia
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Ocupaciones
- teacher
lexicographer - Organizaciones
- Order of St. John
Conference of Directors of Education in the South Pacific
Commonwealth of Nations Book Development Committee
National Training Council
Australian Apprenticeship Advisory Committee
Australian Council for Educational Research (mostrar todos 9)
International Councils for Royal Military College and National Maritime College
International Council for Educational Media
National Office of Youth Affairs - Aviso de desambiguación
- This author is NOT to be combined with the historian of science, Peter J Bowler.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 27
- Miembros
- 1,788
- Popularidad
- #14,400
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 14
- ISBNs
- 36
- Idiomas
- 2
- Favorito
- 2
An example from just randomly opening a page:
Infundibular: a.: Why say 'funnel-shaped' when you can say 'infundibular'?
or
nugatory: a. Of no value, trifling, insubstantial, pointless. Unfavorable criticism of the present book could properly be so categorized.
or lastly:
ponophobia: n. A morbid dread of work. Think about it. A civil servant could get a whole lifetime's sick leave out of this.
These aren't even the best ones - just the first ones I found while writing this. It's fun, it's educational and it was a wonderful surprise on the sale table.… (más)