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

Sol Steinmetz

Semantic Antics: How and why Words Change Meaning

Sol Steinmetz

272 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 Times6/22/2008 A 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 wordada...

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