Devious Derivations: Popular Misconceptions and More than 1000 True Origins of Common Words and Phrases by Hugh Rawson

Devious Derivations: Popular Misconceptions and More than 1000 True Origins of Common Words and Phrases

Hugh Rawson

245 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

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This complete summary packed with colorful and educational anecdotes offers information about the odd origins of such diverse words and phrases as condom, sirloin, horse latitudes, harlot, and shyster.

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