The Horologicon - A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language

From Mark Forsyth, the author of the international bestseller The Etymologicon, comes a book of weird words for familiar situations - so you can finally say, with utter accuracy, exactly what you mean. Do you wake up feeling rough. Then you're philogrobolized. Find yourself pretending to work. That's fudgelling. And this could lead to rizzling, if you feel sleepy after lunch. Though you are sure to become a sparkling deipnosopbist by dinner. Just don't get too vinomadefied; a drunk dinner companion is never appreciated....