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A collection of popular columns from the Irish Times, reflecting the author's delight in language and his passion for words. Drawing on his own wit, a range of sources, and the inspiration of his readers, he examines and illuminates words and phrases, both colloquialisms and standard English. Lacks a subject index. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Hogmanay (p. 9)
• Grogue - Spock - Rickle (p. 9)
• An Ark of a Woman - Doory - Ganch - Flegg Off (p. 11)
• Marmalade - Spire - Birl (p. 12)
• Skeel - Teach (p. 13)
• Callow - Kalish - Tetters (p. 14)
• Author or Authoress? - Gooseberry Fool - Silly (p. 15)
• Spock - Putalogue - Smut - Hangnail (p. 16)
• Kippeen - A Proper Tike - Slops (p. 17)
• Kibes - To Milder - Healer (p. 18)
• Tent - Honcho - Figairey (p. 19)
• Hurry-burry - Fonogue - Coharrying - Carbuckling - Pickeering (p. 20)
• Juge - Fantasheemy - Doolally (p. 22)
• Tory Tops - Wicklow Words (p. 23)
• Wiseacre - Romany - To Ted (p. 24)
• Let On - 'And He Drunk' (p. 25)
• Hurry - Pickeering - Mungledemmery (p. 26)
• Shoddy - Oxter (p. 27)
• Spock - Shoddy - Spay (p. 28)
• To Pree - Enteete - Mohawk (p. 29)
• Spriggan - Muffler (p. 31)
• Maaley - Mwigley - Clissy - Mothered Water (p. 32)
• Addle - Hurry - Cuthere (p. 33)
• Panch - Shoddy - Quilt (p. 34)
• Mum - Tooting - Kist - Keech - Hushion - Abide (p. 35)
• Gligger - Geck - Charlady - Blowze (p. 36)
• To Won - Clevy - Clushet - Clavel (p. 37)
• Clock - Auspicious (p. 38)
• Sheldru, a Secret Language (p. 39)
• Flotsam and Jetsam - Geld - Clink (p. 40)
• Heugh - Let-out (p. 41)
• My Wee Naust - Glauming (p. 42)
• The Borey Dancers - Swift's Words (p. 43)
• Sneck - Snib - Famble (p. 44)
• Let - Bread and Tay Boys (p. 46)
• Bastable - Stillion - Wig (p. 47)
• Grumpy as a Hare - A Boy or a Child - Hothouse Flowers (p. 48)
• Stillan - Fecket - Hoity-toity (p. 49)
• Whipster - Rouse (p. 50)
• Motions - Peat - Stickler (p. 51)
• Breo - Doornick - Smool (p. 52)
• Jildy - Mingin - Gossamer - Cavan Saucepans (p. 53)
• Dead as Doornails - Black Monday - Sod (p. 54)
• Beholding - Words from Newfoundland (p. 56)
• Omelette - Jumper - Munchie - Staughy (p. 57)
• Clue - Panic - Marriage over the Tongs (p. 58)
• Wicked - Orchestra - Caper (p. 59)
• Pattern - Grammar (p. 60)
• A Soft Day - Moy - Jundie - Hogshouter (p. 61)
• Havoc - Lords and Princesses (p. 62)
• Tinsel - Cot - Regatta - Kip (p. 63)
• Hugathepook - Shetland English (p. 64)
• Ilk - Stevedore - Handker-chief - Poltroon (p. 65)
• Aim's Ace - Hookum-snivey - Gobshite - Slink (p. 66)
• Italics (p. 67)
• Stigma - Vamp - Snag (p. 68)
• Spoof - Lampoon - Kipe (p. 69)
• Oul' Mahoun - Kippin' Bag (p. 70)
• Frippery - Doxy - Heirloom (p. 71)
• Louser - Flake (p. 72)
• Ketchup - Hurley - Drippin' Night (p. 73)
• Pettyfogger - Irish Bulls (p. 74)
• Conjuring - Carpenter (p. 75)
• Furlong - Plain Sailing - Suff (p. 76)
• Twelfth Night - Gausther - Gowpen (p. 78)
• Doctor of Medicine (p. 78)
• Dogma - Abominable - Stationers (p. 80)
• Crevin - Free - Stell (p. 81)
• God's Own Country - Teetotaller - Pamphlet (p. 82)
• Fritter - The Dog's Letter - Snog (p. 83)
• Swashbuckler - Antics (p. 84)
• Gobaloon - Immis - Protagonist (p. 85)
• Mollag - Dwees - Pillock (p. 86)
• Harbinger - Crowner - Osteopath (p. 87)
• Back-friend - Buck (p. 88)
• The Dickens - Dawn - Paradise (p. 89)
• Mystery - Chaperone - Hazard a Guess (p. 91)
• Hooking It (p. 92)
• Frack - Greeking - Flake - Words from Jack Devereux (p. 93)