Dag's Dictionary

by Richard Glover

A (very funny) book of words that should exist - but don't. With over 300 freshly minted words, the Dag's Dictionary is a hilarious trip into the delicious oddities of human behavior.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor

162 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Richard is a newsprint journalist and a Sydney radio broadcaster for the ABC.

Reviews

[Robin]

This is a book of made-up words that describe things or situations that haven't already had a word invented for them. It is very similar in concept and format to the hilarious The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd - except they used the names of real towns in the UK (eg. Scrabster - one of those dogs who has it off on your leg during tea).

However, although I don't think The Dag's Dictionary is as funny as The Deeper Meaning Of Liff, I still enjoyed it and got a few laughs out of it. A couple of examples:
Hope couture:The item of clothing you keep around for years in the vain hope you might fit back into it some day

Flaparazzi: The person who is always in the background of a live news report, waving stupidly at the camera.

The author had some assistance from listeners of his radio show in compiling this dictionary and in some instances, a number of alternative words are given.

Light, entertaining reading.

[Sharakael]

To be able to appreciate this book, you have to be able to appreciate puns. That's all... if you consider the entry below to be hillarious, then this book is for you.

Poultrygeist (pol tree' guyst) n.
Any scary man dressed up in a chicken suit.