The Game of Words (R)

Espy, Willard R.

ISBN 10: 0517177846 / ISBN 13: 9780517177846

Published by Random House Value Publishing, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Game of Words (R)
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517177846
• ISBN 13: 9780517177846
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 18 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

A collection of amusing examples of acrostics, alliteration, cliches, epigrams, euphemisms, malapropisms, polindromes, and many other plays on words

About the Author

Willard Richardson Espy (11 December 1910–20 February 1999) was a U.S. editor, philologist, writer, and poet. He is particularly remembered for his anthology of light verse and wordplay, An Almanac of Words at Play, and its two sequels. His writing and poetry regularly appeared in Punch, Reader's Digest, and Word Ways.