Years of the Pooh-Bah
Author | : Dick Scott |
Publisher | : Hodder Children's Books |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : Cook Islands |
ISBN | : 9780340554890 |
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Author | : Dick Scott |
Publisher | : Hodder Children's Books |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
Genre | : Cook Islands |
ISBN | : 9780340554890 |
Author | : H. B. Jefferson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 7 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Contempt of court |
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Author | : Karen Sturges |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : 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 | : |
Total Pages | : 772 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Harness racing |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States Trotting Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 778 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Horse racing |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Hankins Wallace |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1042 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : Harness racing |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Thomas Allston Brown |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Theater |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ralph Keyes |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2021-02-19 |
Genre | : 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.