Names: A Collector's Compendium of Rare and Unusual, Bold and Odd and Whimsical Names

A compendium of interesting facts about names and nicknames divided into thirty-three categories from cars to trade names to apples. “Names is a book that will make your day”—The Chicago Tribune. “Word lovers will be happy to hear there is a wonderful new book to stoke their passion.”—Washington Post, Book World “Names, as you page through it, becomes addictive.”—Hooked on Books. “Paul Dickson is a master collector and a master humorist … and he has outdone himself here.”—Newark Star Ledger. “Names is a true delight.”—Chattanooga Times. “…this volume has many hours of pleasure to offer.” –Augusta Chronicle-Herald. "Had Shakespeare sniffed the likes of 'Boofa Upthumps,' or 'Eloise Tittlekitty,1 would he still have contended that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet? If he had met a candidate for governor of Louisiana called 'None of the Above,1 would he still have wondered 'What's in a name?' Paul Dickson's amazing compendium would have taught him what's in not just one but tens of thousands of unbelievable but verified designations for everything from human beings to apples to hurricanes* You may have to break off your reading of NAMES occasionally because you are laughing so hard, but when you stop laughing you will marvel at how much you have learned.” – The late Willard R. Espy. poet and author of Words at Play. “Dickson is truly a genius with names”—Atlantic County Record.