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Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins

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By Nigel Rees

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Have any idea where the word "nerd" came from, or "twerp"? This dictionary starts where ordinary references beg off. Discover that bad hair day was originated by California teenagers in the early 1990s. Learn that bikini comes from the name of a Pacific island used in the 1940s for atomic bomb testsContinue

Have any idea where the word "nerd" came from, or "twerp"? This dictionary starts where ordinary references beg off. Discover that bad hair day was originated by California teenagers in the early 1990s. Learn that bikini comes from the name of a Pacific island used in the 1940s for atomic bomb tests. Learn why a flight data recorder is called a black box--even though it's orange.

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  • English Books
  • Others 288 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0304362255
  • ISBN-13: 9780304362257
  • Publisher: Cassell
  • Pub date: May 28, 2002
  • Dimensions: 1232 mm x 839 mm x 161 mm Just how big is that?
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