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Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia
Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia
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ISBN 9780312371210
St. Martin's Griffin
From head to toe to breast to behind, Charles Hodgson's Carnal Knowledge is a delightfully intoxicating tour of the words we use to describe our bodies. Did you know:
-eye is one of the oldest written words in the English language?
-callipygian means "having beautiful buttocks"?
-gam, a slang word for "leg," comes from the French word jambe?
A treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, Carnal Knowledge is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described.
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BrandSt. Martin's Griffin
Pub dateAug 7, 2007
ISBN-100312371217
ISBN-139780312371210
Paperback272.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8.5 × 0.61 × 5.5 in
Weight1 lb
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