Elster, Charles Harrington. What in the word?: wordplay, word lore, and answers to your peskiest questions about the language. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, 2005. ISBN 978-0156-03197-4.
Summary: A miscellaneous collection of etymologies and other facts about words, idioms, and small points of English usage, with occasional flashes of wit and more frequent slugs of laborious cuteness.
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