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Can you help me find this book?

It's fairly recently published. I think it's a Dictionary With Extravagant Definitions - but that's not the real title at all. The definitions are *not* everyday words, they're more rare and kind of glorious. If you're the kind of person who gets happily lost in a Thesaurus then you'd understand why I'm looking for such a quirky book.

Problem is, I waited for payday and now I got paid and I have no idea how to buy the book. I've just spent a few hours at Amazon - search "Dictionaries" - need I say I didn't find it?

But does it ring a bell with you? I would be glad to follow up any hint.

Thank you!

Is it The Meaning of Liff: The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For

Web Page Name

Just realized that it can't be because this book is 30 years old.

I found it! It's this:

The Thinker's Thesaurus by Peter E. Meltzer

I ordered it, of course. And while I was there (Amazon) - I bought

The Asperger Social Guide: How to Relate to Anyone in any Social Situation as an Adult with Asperger's Syndrome

Looking forward to that one. I wonder if it'll be any help.

I'd recommend checking out The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce It's free on the internet, but I bought a hardcopy of it at one point. It's more funny than extravagant, but the definitions used are spot on.

There is also the Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. She's the writer of Howl's Moving Castle series The guide is a comedic jab at tropes in fiction setup like a dictionary reference. Some of them are really good.... and then there's Quests of the Eternal kind --- Eternal Quest: See Quest, Eternal. Quest, Eternal: See Eternal Quest. How awesome is using the structure the words/terms/tropes are displayed in as a way to show the definition.