{"product_id":"carnal-knowledge-a-navel-gazers-dictionary-of-anatomy-etymology-and-trivia-paperback","title":"Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Hodgson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom head to toe to breast to behind, Charles Hodgson's \u003ci\u003eCarnal Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightfully intoxicating tour of the words we use to describe our bodies. Did you know: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eeye\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the oldest written words in the English language?\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003ecallipygian\u003c\/b\u003e means having beautiful buttocks?\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003egam, \u003c\/b\u003e a slang word for leg, comes from the French word \u003ci\u003ejambe\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, \u003ci\u003eCarnal Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom head to toe to breast to behind, \u003ci\u003eCarnal Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightfully intoxicating tour of the words we use to describe our bodies. Did you know: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eeye\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the oldest written words in the English language?\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003ecallipygian\u003c\/b\u003e means having beautiful buttocks?\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003egam, \u003c\/b\u003e a slang word for leg, comes from the French word \u003ci\u003ejambe\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, \u003ci\u003eCarnal Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelight your friends (or lose them rapidly) with this fabulous new knowledge presented with deftness and wit.\u003cbr\u003e---Lynn Truss, author of \u003ci\u003eEats, Shoots and Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTalk to the Hand\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaster etymologist Charles Hodgson offers a passionate lesson...illuminates how just about every part of the amazing human chassis got its name.\u003cbr\u003e---Richard Lederer, author of \u003ci\u003eWord Wizard\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA near-perfect body of work that will not only entertain your brain but tickle your funny bone, too.\u003cbr\u003e---Erin McKean, editor in chief, \u003ci\u003eThe New Oxford American Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd ed.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a list of anatomical words and their meanings, Hodgson's book fleshes out the meaning behind the words. This is a blood-and-guts encyclopedia, not some bone-dry dictionary.... Even misologists (haters of knowledge) will find pleasure in \u003ci\u003eCarnal Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e---Robert Hartwell Fiske, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary of Disagreeable English, Deluxe Edition\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd you thought you knew your own body! A captivating trove of facts and history that will amuse and fascinate.\u003cbr\u003e--- Jane Farrow, \u003ci\u003eWanted Words, \u003c\/i\u003e CBC Radio \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHARLES HODGSON is an engineer by training and a logophile (word lover) by habit. 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