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Superdupers! : really funny real words

Title
Superdupers! : really funny real words / Marvin Terban ; illustrated by Giulio Maestro.
Author
Terban, Marvin.
Publication
New York : Clarion Books, c1989.

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Additional Authors
Maestro, Giulio
Description
63 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm
Summary
Explains the meaning and origins of over 100 nonsense words that make the English language more colorful including such examples as "flip-flop," "fuzzy-wuzzy," "cancan," and "tutti frutti."
Subject
  • Vocabulary > Juvenile literature
  • Plays on words > Juvenile literature
  • English language > Etymology > Juvenile literature
  • Vocabulary
  • Plays on words
  • English language > Etymology
Genre/Form
Juvenile works.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 63.
Call Number
JFE 14-4093
ISBN
  • 089919804X
  • 9780899198040
  • 0395511232 (pbk.)
  • 9780395511237 (pbk.)
LCCN
88038325
OCLC
18908271
Author
Terban, Marvin.
Title
Superdupers! : really funny real words / Marvin Terban ; illustrated by Giulio Maestro.
Imprint
New York : Clarion Books, c1989.
Bibliography
Bibliography: p. 63.
Added Author
Maestro, Giulio, ill.
Research Call Number
JFE 14-4093
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