Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Oxford University Press (1997), 480 pages
Description
Explores "the origin and history of many of our most delightful words ... [and] the changing cultural conditions that produced them. With chapters on Americanisms, cyberspace, advertising, fighting words, fitness, geography, economics, sex, crime, gender, generation gaps, and many other subjects."--Jacket.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
480 p.; 11 inches
ISBN
019510692X / 9780195106923