- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Alpha Books (July 29 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1592577814
- ISBN-13: 978-1592577811
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 322 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #501,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
Get ready to chew the fat.
This engaging, humorous new book explains the not-so-common origins of such commonly used phrases as aapple-pie order, a achew the fat, a and ahat trick.a Presented in a fun, easy-to-read style, it provides entertaining insight on metaphorical phrases, weird words, and strange expressions and takes readers on a journey through the bizarre and eccentric origins that make up our everyday speech.
- Word books have gained in popularity not just with students and linguaphiles, but with a general population interested in the fascinating development of our language
- Contains back stories for 500 intriguing words and phrases
- Fun to flip through and also fun to read cover to cover
About the Author
Paul McFedries has worked with (yelled at, and kicked) computers since 1975, yet still manages to keep his sanity intact. The author of more than three dozen computer books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Windows 98, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Windows Me, and The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Windows 2000 Professional, Paul's titles have sold over two million copies worldwide.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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More Than Just Words, July 26 2010
By Wonder Woman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Complete Idiots Guide To Weird Word Origins (Mass Market Paperback)
This book not only gives origins of specific words, but sayings, too. The author interjects his own bits of humor in his writing, which gives it some personality and not just a boring delivery of definitions.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Interesting trivia--could be important--or not. LOL, April 3 2009
By Margo Carmichael - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Complete Idiots Guide To Weird Word Origins (Mass Market Paperback)
How many people know that *gargoyle* comes from a French word referring to gargling? How many people want to? (You never know!) It refers to the sound of rainwater running down the rainspouts of gargoyles. Many such entries have several paragraphs of information, more than a standard good dictionary. Interesting and fun.
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