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Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities by Paul Anthony Jones (Englis
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- University of New Mexico Press
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From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for stumbling block and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means little house in Italian. Roulette means little wheel in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys's cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games.
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University of New Mexico Press
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9780826356567
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Word Drops: a Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities
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Paperback
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English
Publication Year
2016
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216 Pages
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216mm
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140mm
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