{"product_id":"9780399536724","title":"Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits: Unfamiliar Terms for Familiar Things","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eEvans, Rod L.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTarcher\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/7\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eHave you been guilty of catachresis* at work? Have you defenestrated* your dictionary in frustration? Do you have phloem bundles* stuck in your diastema*? Scratching your occiput* now? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rod L. Evans's \u003ci\u003eThingamajigs and Whatchamacallits\u003c\/i\u003e will help take the mystery out of some of our most obscure words. Containing hundreds of words from \u003cb\u003eagitron\u003c\/b\u003e (the phenomenon of wiggly lines in comic strips indicating that something is shaking) to \u003cb\u003ezarf\u003c\/b\u003e (the holder for a paper cone coffee cup), this lively reference will enable you to easily locate your thingamajig or whatchamacallit, be it animal, vegetable, mineral, or punctuation mark. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Leave no linguistic oddity unexamined-your brain will thank you. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e*catachresis: strained, paradoxical, or incorrect use of a word; \u003cbr\u003e *defenestrate: to throw out a window; \u003cbr\u003e *phloem bundles: stringy bits between the skin and the edible parts of a banana; \u003cbr\u003e *diastema: the gap between teeth in a jaw; \u003cbr\u003e *occiput: the back part of the head or skull \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43406761951487,"sku":"9780399536724","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780399536724_s600x595.jpg?v=1777307845","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780399536724","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}