Years of the Pooh-Bah
Author : Dick Scott
Publisher : Hodder Children's Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 38,86 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Cook Islands
ISBN : 9780340554890
Author : Dick Scott
Publisher : Hodder Children's Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 38,86 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Cook Islands
ISBN : 9780340554890
Author : H. B. Jefferson
Publisher :
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 43,3 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Contempt of court
ISBN :
Author : Karen Sturges
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553581317
The second volume in Karen Sturges's acclaimed musical mystery series features the return of sleuth Phoebe Mullins and a medley of malice and murder at an amateur theatre company's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado".
Author : United States Trotting Association
Publisher :
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 49,16 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Harness racing
ISBN :
Author : United States Trotting Association
Publisher :
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 45,18 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Horse racing
ISBN :
Author : J. N. Carruthers
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,32 MB
Release : 1967
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John Hankins Wallace
Publisher :
Page : 1042 pages
File Size : 16,81 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Harness racing
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Legal briefs
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Allston Brown
Publisher :
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Theater
ISBN :
Author : Ralph Keyes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 21,12 MB
Release : 2021-02-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0190466774
Successful word-coinages--those that stay in currency for a good long time--tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely when and where they were first minted. Engaging, illuminating, and authoritative, Ralph Keyes's The Hidden History of Coined Words explores the etymological underworld of terms and expressions and uncovers plenty of hidden gems. He also finds some fascinating patterns, such as that successful neologisms are as likely to be created by chance as by design. A remarkable number of new words were coined whimsically, originally intended to troll or taunt. Knickers, for example, resulted from a hoax; big bang from an insult. Casual wisecracking produced software, crowdsource, and blog. More than a few resulted from happy accidents, such as typos, mistranslations, and mishearing (bigly and buttonhole), or from being taken entirely out of context (robotics). Neologizers (a Thomas Jefferson coinage) include not just scholars and writers but cartoonists, columnists, children's book authors. Wimp originated with a book series, as did goop, and nerd from a book by Dr. Seuss. Coinages are often contested, controversy swirling around such terms as gonzo, mojo, and booty call. Keyes considers all contenders, while also leading us through the fray between new word partisans, and those who resist them strenuously. He concludes with advice about how to make your own successful coinage. The Hidden History of Coined Words will appeal not just to word mavens but history buffs, trivia contesters, and anyone who loves the immersive power of language.