Würd here. Reading the blog doesn't take long, so we here at Würd Smith thought we'd suggest a some additional works to empower your vocabulary. Fact. Fiction. Both. That's what we do best. So continue reading, it embiggens the mind.
Currently reading:
The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
published by Mirriam-Webster
New edition! The book that millions of SCRABBLE® players consider the only necessary resource. Ideal for recreational and school use. More than 100,000 playable two- to eight-letter words including 4,000 new entries. Includes variant spellings. Endorsed by the National SCRABBLE® Association.
Learn more here.
Past reads:
The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be
by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd
This work is a book after our own hearts. Recognizing that so many things in life need new words, or that the current words aren't quite up to snuff, these two men whose names consist of four first names, write these wrongs and contribute to your verbose verbage. And, I might add, this book is genuinely funny.
Learn more here.
Bad Lies: A Field Guide to Lost Balls, Missing Links, and Other Golf Mishaps
by Charles Lindsey
Not only is the golf course a home for real and newly-invented four-letter words (at least with how I play), it is also features unique rules and terminology. If you hit a fried egg into the gorse and have to settle for the bogey, you will find all about this in this beautifully illustrated book.
Learn more here.
