The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition (Expanded) Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-By-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word In Praise of Profanity Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths Metaphors Be with You
Presidential Voices: Speaking Styles from George Washington to George W. Bush Metaphors Be with You The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichés 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 Presidential Voices: Speaking Styles from George Washington to George W. Bush Splendiferous Speech: How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary Let's Talk Turkey: The Stories Behind America's Favorite Expressions 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 In Praise of Profanity Slang: The People's Poetry Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings The Evasion-English Dictionary: Expanded Edition (Expanded) Word Origins... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom from History's Greatest Wordsmiths

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Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings

Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings

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$15.80
Metaphors Be with You

Metaphors Be with You

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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

$20.99
$19.52
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
OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

Allan Metcalf

$15.99
$14.87
Slang: The People's Poetry

Slang: The People's Poetry

Michael Adams

$32.19
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

$33.34
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

Danny Shanahan and Roz Chast

$18.98
$17.65
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

$24.14
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 Clichés

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

Orin Hargraves

$24.99
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 Rhyme--And Other Oddities of the English Language

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

Arika Okrent and Sean O'Neill

$22.99
$21.38