The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary Av Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Jon Naismith

Do words fail you? Never again, once you''ve become the proud owner of <i>The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary</i>. <br><br>Every word has a meaning, but over the years those meanings change. Dip into these helpfully illustrated pages and you''ll find many of the words you use every day without ever realising that their up-to-date definition is something entirely different. <br><br>Words like ''bunny'' (rather like a bun), or ''cherish'' (rather like a chair), ''Cardiology'' (the study of knitwear) or ''buggery'' (the study of insects), ''Venezuala'' (a gondola with a harpoon) or ''Norway'' (a Geordie exclamation of surprise), ''ivy'' (the Roman for "four") or ''faculty'' (cockney for "there''s no more PG Tips").<br><br>Thanks to <i>The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary</i> you can now use familiar, everyday words in total confidence, fully appraised of their latest meanings. Happy wording!