Ballyhoo, buckaroo, and spuds ingenious tales of words and their origins

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Main Author: Quinion, Michael
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004.
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Physical Description:280 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-[275]) and index.
ISBN:1588342190 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Michael Quinion hosts and writes the World Wide Words Web site and also provides citations and advice for the Oxford English Dictionary. He wrote a third of the entries for the second edition of the Oxford Dictionary of New Words and wrote a weekly New Words column in The Daily Telegraph. He lives in England