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  Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words
  

  by Josefa H. Byrne , Robert Byrne

  ISBN 1559722339 (1-55972-233-9)
  Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation

  
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  First it must be known that all 6000 weird words lovingly compiled by Mrs. Byrne are "real" English words, legitimized by at least one major dictionary. That said, the inclusions are delightfully ludicrous, unfailingly obscure and often sadly missing from common parlance. The English language seems the poorer without "furfuraceous" (covered with dandruff), "omphaloskepsis" (meditation while gazing at one's navel) or "blabagogy" (a criminal environment). It's the most addictively interesting dictionary imaginable. [via]

  More editions of Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words:

  • Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words: ISBN 0806504986 (0-8065-0498-6)
    Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
  • Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words: ISBN 1559722339 (1-55972-233-9)
    Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation