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100 words to make you sound smart



Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2006] 2006

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101 words and how they began


Steckler, Arthur.
Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, [1979] 1979

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2107 curious word origins, sayings & expressions from white elephants to a song & dance


Funk, Charles Earle, 1881-1957.
New York : Galahad Books, 1993. 1993

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Abracadabra to zombie : more than 300 wacky word origins


Wulffson, Don L.
New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2003] 2003

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The accidental dictionary : the remarkable twists and turns of English words


Jones, Paul Anthony, 1983- author.
New York : Pegasus Books, 2017. 2017

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Anonyponymous : the forgotten people behind everyday words


Marciano, John Bemelmans.
New York : Bloomsbury, [2009] 2009

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Around the world in 80 words : a journey through the English language


Jones, Paul Anthony, 1983- author.
London : Elliott and Thompson Limited, 2018. 2018

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Around the world in 80 words : a journey through the English language


Jones, Paul Anthony, 1983- author.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020. 2020

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Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language


Horobin, Simon, author.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. 2019

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Ballyhoo, buckaroo, and spuds : ingenious tales of words and their origins


Quinion, Michael.
Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Books in Association with Penguin Books, 2004. 2004

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The Barnhart concise dictionary of etymology



New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1995. 1995

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Bloomers, biros & Wellington boots : how the names became the words


Sholl, Andrew.
Oxford, England : Past Times, 1996. 1996

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A browser's dictionary, and native's guide to the unknown American language


Ciardi, John, 1916-1986.
New York : Harper & Row, [1980] 1980

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Common phrases and where they come from


Korach, Myron.
New York : Lyons Press, [2001] 2001

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Cryptomania! : teleporting into Greek and Latin with the CryptoKids


Fine, Edith Hope, author
Berkeley : Tricycle Press, 2004. 2004

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Dictionary of word origins


Ayto, John.
New York : Arcade Pub., ©2011. 2011

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The dictionary people : the unsung heroes who created the Oxford English dictionary


Ogilvie, Sarah, author.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 2023

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Doodle Dandy! : the complete book of Independence Day words


Graham-Barber, Lynda.
New York : Bradbury Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1992] 1992

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English words : history and structure


Stockwell, Robert P.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. 2001

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The etymologicon ; a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language


Forsyth, Mark.
New York : Berkley Books, 2012. 2012

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The etymologicon : a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language


Forsyth, Mark, author.
[United States] : Gildan Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2014. 2014

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Everyday phrases : their origins and meanings


Ewart, Neil.
Poole, Dorset : Blandford Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling, [1983] 1983

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Everything you know about English is wrong


Brohaugh, William.
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2008] 2008

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Founding grammars : how early America's war over words shaped today's language


Ostler, Rosemarie, author.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015. 2015

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Gobble : the complete book of Thanksgiving words


Graham-Barber, Lynda.
New York : Bradbury Press, [1991] 1991

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Guppies in tuxedos : funny eponyms


Terban, Marvin.
New York : Clarion Books, [1988] 1988

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Have a word on me : a celebration of language


Espy, Willard R.
New York : Simon and Schuster, [1981] 1981

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Heavens to Betsy! and other curious sayings


Funk, Charles Earle, 1881-1957.
New York : Perennial Library, 1986. 1986

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The history of the English language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2003] 2003

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History of the English language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., 2000. 2000

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The history of the English language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2008] 2008

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A hog on ice and other curious expressions


Funk, Charles Earle, 1881-1957.
New York : Harper & Row, 1985. 1985

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Horologicon : a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language


Forsyth, Mark.
New York, NY : Berkley Trade, 2013. 2013

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The horologicon : a day's jaunt through the lost words of the English language


Forsyth, Mark, author.
[United States] : Gildan Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2014. 2014

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Horsefeathers and other curious words


Funk, Charles Earle, 1881-1957.
New York : Perennial Library, 1986. 1986

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Horsefeathers, and other curious words


Funk, Charles Earle, 1881-1957.
New York : Harper [1958] 1958

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How to sound really clever : 600 words you need to know


Van den Bergh, Hubert.
London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013. 2013

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In a word : 750 words and their fascinating stories and origins


Baker, Rosalie F.
Peterborough, NH : Cobblestone Pub., 2003. 2003

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Inventing English : a portable history of the language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
New York : Columbia University Press, [2007] 2007

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Inventing English : a portable history of the language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
New York : Columbia University Press, [2007] 2007

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The joy of lex : how to have fun with 860,341,500 words


Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-
New York : Morrow, 1980. 1980

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Keywords in American landscape design


O'Malley, Therese.
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010] 2010

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Ladybugs, tiger lilies, and wallflowers


Hendrickson, Robert, 1933-
New York : Prentice Hall General Reference, [1993] 1993

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The language of food : a linguist reads the menu


Jurafsky, Dan, 1962- author.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014] 2014

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Let's bring back : the lost language edition : a collection of forgotten-yet-delightful words, phras


Blume, Lesley M. M.
San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, [2013] 2013

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The liar's dictionary : a novel


Williams, Eley, author.
New York : Random House Large Print, [2021]. 2021

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The life of language : the fascinating ways words are born, live & die


Steinmetz, Sol.
New York : Random House Reference, [2006] 2006

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Listening to America : an illustrated history of words and phrases from our lively and splendid past


Flexner, Stuart Berg.
New York : Simon and Schuster, [1982] 1982

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