Intimate Apparel

by Karen Elizabeth Gordon

A compendium of words and their definitions and histories begins with a general list and moves on to a section titled "Closet Drama" in which words--including bodice, boots, frock, gloves, and petticoats--are humorously examined

Genres: Language

134 pages, Hardcover

First published February 11, 1989

About the author

Karen Elizabeth Gordon, who is most well-known for her comic language handbooks The New Well-Tempered Sentence and The Deluxe Transitive Vampire, is also author to a collection of short stories published by Dalkey Archive Press. The Red Shoes and Other Tattered Tales was hailed by many critics as Rabelaisian in its humor.

Gordon resides alternately in Berkeley, California and Paris.

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Reviews

[🐴 🍖]

how many petits fours can you eat in a sitting? (mean that in the nicest possible way.)

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite of her books.