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Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap ? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados ? In It's a Wonderful Word , bestselling author Albert Jack collects over 500 of the strangest, funniest-sounding and most delightful words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins. While brushing up on your gibberish or gobbledygook , discover why bastards should resent travelling salesmen, why sheets should remain on tenterhooks and why you should never set down a tumbler before finishing your drink. From blotto to bamboozle and from claptrap to quango , Albert Jack's addictive anecdotes bring the world's most colourful language to life and are guaranteed to surprise and entertain.
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It's a Wonderful Word, Albert Jack
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- Année de publication
- 2012
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- Titre
- It's a Wonderful Word
- Sous-titre
- The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Albert Jack
- Éditeur
- Arrow
- Publié
- 2012
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0099562324
- ISBN13
- 9780099562320
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Thème historique, Commerce, Affaires & Gestion, Humour, Manuels et guides, Économie, Langues, Technologie, Éducation, système scolaire, Sociologie, Société, Féminisme, Linguistique, Parentalité, Anthropologie, Histoire du monde, Écriture, Culture, Histoire sociale, Civilisation, Innovation, Jack l'Éventreur
- Évaluation
- 3,25 sur 5
- Description
- Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap ? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados ? In It's a Wonderful Word , bestselling author Albert Jack collects over 500 of the strangest, funniest-sounding and most delightful words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins. While brushing up on your gibberish or gobbledygook , discover why bastards should resent travelling salesmen, why sheets should remain on tenterhooks and why you should never set down a tumbler before finishing your drink. From blotto to bamboozle and from claptrap to quango , Albert Jack's addictive anecdotes bring the world's most colourful language to life and are guaranteed to surprise and entertain.