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Carnal Knowledge : A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia
Overview
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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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780312371210
- ISBN-10: 0312371217
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
- Publish Date: August 2007
- Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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