Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning by Sol Steinmetz

Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning

Sol Steinmetz

288 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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"My favorite popular word book of the year"-William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008A fun, new approach to examining etymology!Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning than the one we know today. For example:The word ada...

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