Cassell Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins

Autori

• Nigel Rees

Parametri

• 273 pagine
• 10 ore di lettura

• Manuali e guide
• Saggistica

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Have any idea where the word "nerd" came from, or "twerp"? This dictionary starts where ordinary references beg off. *Discover that bad hair day was originated by California teenagers in the early 1990s. *Learn that bikini comes from the name of a Pacific island used in the 1940s for atomic bomb tests. *Learn why a flight data recorder is called a black box--even though it's orange. 224 pages 5 x 7 3/4.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1998

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