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Metaphors Be with You: An A to Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations Totally Weird and Wonderful Words The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English Presidential Voices: Speaking Styles from George Washington to George W. Bush Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language Let's Talk Turkey: The Stories Behind America's Favorite Expressions
Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language Verbatim: From the Bawdy to the Sublime, the Best Writing on Language for Word Lovers, Grammar Mavens, and Armchair Linguists Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generations It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichés
Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-By-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building Garner's Modern English Usage Splendiferous Speech: How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English Slang: The People's Poetry The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition (Expanded)
In Praise of Profanity Metaphors Be with You: An A to Z Dictionary of History's Greatest Metaphorical Quotations On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends Word Origins... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings

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By Wordnik

Books for Word Lovers

Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings

Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings

Jez Burrows

$16.98
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
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
In Praise of Profanity

In Praise of Profanity

Michael Adams

$17.95
$16.69
Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

David Wilton

$14.95
$13.90
The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet--But There Ought to Be

The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There...

Douglas Adams and John Lloyd

$13.99
$13.01
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 a. Metcalf

$21.99
From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generations

From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generations

Allan Metcalf

$19.95
$18.55
OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

Allan Metcalf

$13.95
$12.97
Slang: The People's Poetry

Slang: The People's Poetry

Michael Adams

$28.75
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

$28.74
Splendiferous Speech: How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English

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

Rosemarie Ostler

$17.99
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
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
On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World

On the Dot: The Speck That Changed the World

Alexander Humez and Nicholas Humez

$40.25
Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words

$15.95
$14.83
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Gretchen McCulloch

$17.00
$15.81
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

$43.64
It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichés

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

Orin Hargraves

$20.95
Garner's Modern English Usage

Garner's Modern English Usage

Bryan Garner

$50.00
$46.50
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
Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them

Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the...

Adrienne Raphel

$27.00
$25.11