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English language -- Semantics -- Humor books

4 free books about english language -- semantics -- humor, free to read online. Chapter 1 of any book is free, no account needed.

Top authorsAmbrose Bierce Elbert Hubbard Gideon Wurdz

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

The Devil’s Dictionary is a satirical lexicon that lampoons the very act of definition.

Cover of The Foolish Dictionary
An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by a few pictures [not included]

The Foolish Dictionary An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by a few pictures [not included]

Gideon Wurdz

The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days.

Elbert Hubbard

The Cynic's Word Book

Ambrose Bierce