Is your intended struggling to find the right words for his speech? Or are you dying to direct the best man away from too many naughty tales? Well author Adam Jacot de Boinod's new book 'The Wonder of Whiffling' could help ease your mind. This clever examination of the English language is packed full of words you'll never have heard before and explanations of some of the weird and wonderful sayings you hear every day. Apparently an alarm clock was 1920s US slang for a nagging woman and a curtain-lecture is one that takes place in bed! 'The Wonder of Whiffling' is published by Penguin and available from all good bookshops, priced £12.99.
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