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Better than great : a plenitudinous compendium of wallopingly fresh superlatives / by Arthur Plotnik. by Plotnik, Arthur. Berkeley, Calif. : Viva Editions, c2011. Subjects English language -- Adjective -- Dictionaries.   English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries. ISBN:  9781573446600 (pbk.) 1573446602 (pbk.) 9781573446815 (ebk.) Description:  xxxv, 244 p. ; 18 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  Great: a tough word to beat -- Sublime: beyond the ken of critters -- Physically affecting: praise by hurts and tickles -- Mentally, emotionally, or spiritually affecting: powering the emotional missile -- Beautiful: untying the beauty-bound tongue -- Joy-giving: praise that keeps giving -- Large: it's all relative -- Exceptional: reserved for one of a kind -- Intense: stretched to the extreme -- Delicious: tastier than believable -- Trendy: fabulous on stilts -- Cool: when words coolide -- Wicked cool: a little bad -- ForcefuL: raw-knuckled, thermonuclear acclaim -- Challenging belief or expression: to believe or not to believe?. Requests:  0 Summary:  Deft praise encourages others to feel as we do, share our enthusiasms. In this "age of awesome," our words and phrases of acclaim are exhausted, all but impotent. Arthur Plotnik is proffering a well knit wellspring of worthy and wondrous words to rescue our worn-down usage. --from publisher description   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 423.1 Pl   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.1 Plotnik   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.1 Pl   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.1 Pl   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.1 Pl Pap Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waipahu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 423.1 Pl   Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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