Altered English: Surprising Meanings of Familiar Words by Jeffrey Kacirk

Altered English: Surprising Meanings of Familiar Words

Jeffrey Kacirk

240 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

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Over the Centuries, innumerable English words have drifted from their original purposes and acquired vastly diferent meanings -- some subtle and others not so. This process is a continuous one, as can be seen in today's word "bad, " whose meaning ...

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