The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary Totally Weird and Wonderful Words Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths In Praise of Profanity Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-By-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century Metaphors Be with You: An A to Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichã(c)S
Let's Talk Turkey: The Stories Behind America's Favorite Expressions The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition (Expanded) Metaphors Be with You: An A to Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition (Expanded) Splendiferous Speech: How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths In Praise of Profanity
Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhymedland Other Oddities of the English Language The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language Verbatim: From the Bawdy to the Sublime, the Best Writing on Language for Word Lovers, Grammar Mavens, and Armchair Linguists Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English Presidential Voices: Speaking Styles from George Washington to George W. Bush Slang: The People's Poetry Word Origins... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

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Books for Word Lovers

Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings

Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings

Jez Burrows

$16.99
$15.80
Metaphors Be with You: An A to Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations

Metaphors Be with You: An A to Z Dictionary of History's...

Mardy Grothe

$17.99
Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's...

Mardy Grothe

$14.99
$13.94
The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary

The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at...

John Simpson

$16.99
$15.80
In Praise of Profanity

In Praise of Profanity

Michael Adams

$19.99
$18.59
Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

David Wilton

$15.99
$14.87
The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition (Expanded)

The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition (Expanded)

Maggie Balistreri

$15.00
$13.95
Presidential Voices: Speaking Styles from George Washington to George W. Bush

Presidential Voices: Speaking Styles from George Washington...

Allan Metcalf

$21.99
OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

Allan Metcalf

$14.99
$13.94
Slang: The People's Poetry

Slang: The People's Poetry

Michael Adams

$31.04
Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-By-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century

Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-By-Decade Guide...

Rosemarie Ostler

$31.04
Splendiferous Speech: How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English

Splendiferous Speech: How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own...

Rosemarie Ostler

$17.99
$16.73
Let's Talk Turkey: The Stories Behind America's Favorite Expressions

Let's Talk Turkey: The Stories Behind America's Favorite...

Rosemarie Ostler

$18.99
$17.66
Verbatim: From the Bawdy to the Sublime, the Best Writing on Language for Word Lovers, Grammar Mavens, and Armchair Linguists

Verbatim: From the Bawdy to the Sublime, the Best Writing on...

$21.99
Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

$17.99
$16.73
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch

$18.00
$16.74
Word Origins... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

Word Origins... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

Anatoly Liberman

$22.94
Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English

Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of...

Orin Hargraves

$47.14
It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichã(c)S

It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of...

Orin Hargraves

$22.99
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building

The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves...

David J. Peterson

$20.00
$18.60
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhymedland Other Oddities of the English Language

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't...

Arika Okrent and Sean O'Neill

$21.99
$20.45