The Dictionary of Wordplay Book

The Dictionary of Wordplay is the first dictionary of wordplay, ever. Poet Dave Morice, author of The Adventures of Dr. Alphabet and How to Make Poetry Comics and longtime editor of the ?Kickshaws? column of Word Ways magazine, is uniquely qualified to show us the whole spectrum of the expansive field of wordplay. The more than 1,500 entries in The Dictionary of Wordplay range from literary forms such as the acrostic and the Exquisite Corpse to well-known forms such as palindromes, spoonerisms, and anagrams to the numerical science of word squares and lettershifts. From these the reader moves on to such esoteric and fascinating forms as the Timely neologism, the Goldwynism, the backward multiple charade, the palindddrome challenge, the bananagram, the vocabularyclept poem, the Tom Swiftie, the Herman, and the Seven Seas. An invaluable reference for teachers, students, writers, librarians, and anyone who loves language, The Dictionary of Wordplay is also an endlessly enjoyable read. As well as going from A to Z, Morice provides a thorough overview of wordplay in his Introduction, and the book contains an annotated bibliography.Read More