Ballyhoo, buckaroo, and spuds : ingenious tales of words and their origins
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280 pages ; 24 cm
Writing with flair and authority, word maven and OED contributor Michael Quinion show us that the real story behind a word or phrase is often much stranger than the commonly accepted one. A noted and indefatigable linguistic sleuth, Quinion gleefully sets the record straight on these and other bizarre tales of word origins
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index
Writing with flair and authority, word maven and OED contributor Michael Quinion show us that the real story behind a word or phrase is often much stranger than the commonly accepted one. A noted and indefatigable linguistic sleuth, Quinion gleefully sets the record straight on these and other bizarre tales of word origins
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index
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