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Just what it sounds like: a collection of photos that are fun, soothing, stimulating, or mind-boggling to look at when you're high. The state of being high rewards deep attention, and stoners find a lot of things interesting. Sometimes it's that one spot on the ceiling, or a bit of woodgrain, or an oddly shaped tortilla chip. But what if there was a book designed and to fascinate and inspire stoners everywhere? With amazing images on every page, dogs seemingly walking on water, a double rainbow, a city made of jelly, optical art, funny collages, a misty forest-a music and munchies mood finder to help with those difficult decisions, and an eye-catching, mind-bending cover, everyone can appreciate this fascinating visual journey, especially those living the high life. It is presented as a true jacketed coffeetable book. The cover we're considering would be one of those image-within-an-image approaches, in which the cover would feature an image of the book on a coffee table, and on the cover of that book would be a smaller image of the book, and etc. in regression. There'll be a short intro, and then it's just images to immerse yourself in...

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A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a profane guide to the slang from the backstreets and taverns of 18th-century London. This slang dictionary gathers the most amusing and useful terms from English history and helpfully presents them to be used in the conversations of our modern day. Originally published in 1785, the Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue was one of the first lexicons of English slang, compiled by a militia captain who collected the terms he overheard on his late-night excursions to London's slums, dockyards, and taverns. Now the legacy lives on in this colorful pocket dictionary. • Learn the origin of phrases like birthday suit" and discover slang lost to time. • Handy pocket-sized edition allows you to whip out vintage curse words whenever needed. • An unexpected marriage of lowbrow humor and highbrow wit Discover long lost antique slang and curse words and learn how to incorporate them into modern conversation. A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is perfect for enlivening contemporary conversation with historical phrases; it includes a topical list of words for money, drunkenness, the amorous congress, male and female naughty bits, and so on. • A funny gift for wordplay, language, swearing, and insult fans, as well as fans of British humor and culture • Perfect for those who loved How to Speak Brit: The Quintessential Guide to the King's English, Cockney Slang, and Other Flummoxing British Phrases by Christopher J. Moore; Knickers in a Twist: A Dictionary of British Slang by Jonathan Bernstein; and The Official Dictionary of Sarcasm by James Napoli"

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