Are these the best ever words in the English language?
Deipnosophists, stridewallops and shot-clogs have all been celebrated in a book that chronicles the most extraordinary words in the English language.
Some are lost words redisovered, others are gems from local dialects, but all are intriguing examples of how English continues to be the most quirky languge in the world.
They have been assembled by Adam Jacot de Boinod, the author of Toujours Tingo, the successful book which collected words and phrases from around the world.
Do you know of any others?