Interesting Stories About Curious Words by Susie Dent
A lively, accessible compendium of word histories and linguistic curiosities that takes readers through the surprising origins, cultural backstories and shifting meanings of everyday and obscure words and phrases; each short entry combines clear etymological explanation with anecdotes, historical examples and occasional humor to reveal how language changes over time and what words can tell us about the societies that use them.
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