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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub Co Inc
Publication date
June 4, 2013
Pages
320
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781620875810
ISBN-10
1620875810
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In day-to-day speech, we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is.
Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term âbad hair day,â or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of âcanned laughterâ for television, or that âcold turkeyâ as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra) The Man with the Golden Arm? Here youâll learn the origins of phrases like:
 Credibility gap
 Ginormous
 Metrosexual
 The Mile High Club
 My lips are sealed
 The operaâs not over until the fat lady sings
 Supermarket
 Supermodel
 Thereâs no accounting for taste
 Thick as thieves
 And hundreds more!
For anyone who loves language, this book will âtake the cake.â
Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term âbad hair day,â or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of âcanned laughterâ for television, or that âcold turkeyâ as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra) The Man with the Golden Arm? Here youâll learn the origins of phrases like:
 Credibility gap
 Ginormous
 Metrosexual
 The Mile High Club
 My lips are sealed
 The operaâs not over until the fat lady sings
 Supermarket
 Supermodel
 Thereâs no accounting for taste
 Thick as thieves
 And hundreds more!
For anyone who loves language, this book will âtake the cake.â
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Paperback
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Reprint edition from Skyhorse Pub Co Inc (June 4, 2013)
9781620875810 | details & prices | 320 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.95
About: In day-to-day speech, we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from.
About: In day-to-day speech, we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from.
from Amer Library Assn (September 1, 2011)
9780838910979 | details & prices | 319 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $26.00
About: This book is as good as gold for word buffs.
About: This book is as good as gold for word buffs.
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