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This is the sequel to Anu Garg's popular A Word a Day based on his 600,000-subscriber website. Garg, then a graduate student in computer sciences, began in 1994 A Word A Day (AWAD), a website and free daily e-mail service that offers subscribers a new words every day, with a definition, etymology, example sentency and commentary. Each week has a different theme -- from "Greek Mythology" to "Words from Film" -- and at the end of the month, he sends out a newsletter with feedback and commentary from his subscribers. For Another Word a Day, Garg will again offer 52 chapters of unusual, exotic, and interesting words, grouped by theme, such as "Words Borrowed from Yiddish," "Words Formed Erroneously," "Red-Herring Words."
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