In its more than three hundred pages, The Dictionary of
Love gets to the heart of the matter:
To rusticate is to get out of town with one's
lover. A ballabust is a controlling wife or
girlfriend. Bob Hope had the longest Hollywood
marriage. Kinkalicious is your girlfriend in a
teddy. Tahiti is an island where lovers do the
'upa'upa.
From "afterglow" to "zipper,"
"Ikea" to "Twister," The Dictionary of Love is chockablock
with everything you ever wanted to know about love but
couldn't find in your Funk & Wagnalls. The book draws
from all areas of life: love songs, poems, history, law
books, sex manuals, medical and psychology texts, folklore,
modern science, cookbooks, classical literature, Internet
dating sites, TV shows, and today's slang.
What
famous people best define love? According to The
Dictionary of Love, they include Johnny Depp, Angelina
Jolie, Bill Clinton, Casanova, Lana Turner, Nefertiti, Zsa
Zsa Gabor, Don Quixote, Ben & Jerry—even Flipper and Lassie!
Included, too, are charts, graphs, and
illustrations, plus a G-spot directional map for women to
give their boyfriend or lover. An indispensable tool for
anyone who is composing a love sonnet, breaking up over
e-mail, writing a romance novel, planning a romantic
getaway, or just looking for something juicy to whisper in
their lover's ear, The Dictionary of Love is a
first-of-its-kind compendium of all things amorous.