Book Briefs: From the Bottom to the Top
Didn’t get to participate in our in-store scavenger hunt today? It’s cool. There are other opportunities to find treasure:
And of course, there are always innumerable treasures on our shelves (and on our dollar carts) if you’re willing to do a little digging.
19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt
- whoopensocker (n.), Wisconsin
- snirt (n.), Upper Midwest
- slug (n. or v.), Washington, D.C.
- wapatuli (n.), Wisconsin
- arsle (v.), Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Arkansas
- jabble (v.), Virginia
- sneetered (v.), Kentucky
- slatchy (adj.), Nantucket
- snoopy (adj.), Maryland, Pennsylvania
- arky (adj.), Virginia
- faunch (v.), South Midlands, West
- chinchy (adj.), South, South Midlands
- larruping (adv.), Oklahoma, South Midlands
- mizzle-witted (adj.), South
- burk (v.), Georgia, South
- jasm (n.), Connecticut
- mug-up (n.), Alaska
- bufflehead (n.), Pennsylvania (mountains)
