Author: Ellis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Second Annual Address of the President to the Philological Society Delivered ... 16th May, 1893
Author: Ellis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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The Hidden History of Coined Words
Author: Ralph Keyes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190466766
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
"How do words get coined? That question is explored in Ralph Keyes's latest book, The Hidden History of Coined Words. Based on meticulous research, Keyes has determined that successful neologisms are as likely to be created by chance as by intention. A remarkable number of new words were coined whimsically, he's discovered, to taunt, even to prank. Knickers resulted from a hoax, big bang from an insult. Wisecracking produced software, crowdsource, and blog. More than a few neologisms weren't even coined intentionally: they resulted from happy accidents such as typos, mistranslations, and misheard words like bigly and buttonhole, or from an unintended coinage such as Isaac Asimov's robotics. Many of the word coiners Keyes writes about come from unlikely quarters. Neologizers (a Thomas Jefferson coinage) include not just learned scholars and literary lions but cartoonists, columnists, children's authors, and children as well. Wimp, Keyes tells us, originated with an early 20th century book series on The Wymps, goop from a series about The Goops, and nerd from a book by Dr. Seuss. Competing claims to have coined terms like gonzo, mojo, and booty call are assessed, as is epic battles fought between new word partisans, and those who think we have enough words already. A concluding chapter offers pointers on how to coin a word of one's own. Written in a reader-friendly manner, The Hidden History of Coined Words will appeal not just to word lovers but history buffs, trivia contesters, and anyone at all who is interested in a well-informed good read"--
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190466766
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
"How do words get coined? That question is explored in Ralph Keyes's latest book, The Hidden History of Coined Words. Based on meticulous research, Keyes has determined that successful neologisms are as likely to be created by chance as by intention. A remarkable number of new words were coined whimsically, he's discovered, to taunt, even to prank. Knickers resulted from a hoax, big bang from an insult. Wisecracking produced software, crowdsource, and blog. More than a few neologisms weren't even coined intentionally: they resulted from happy accidents such as typos, mistranslations, and misheard words like bigly and buttonhole, or from an unintended coinage such as Isaac Asimov's robotics. Many of the word coiners Keyes writes about come from unlikely quarters. Neologizers (a Thomas Jefferson coinage) include not just learned scholars and literary lions but cartoonists, columnists, children's authors, and children as well. Wimp, Keyes tells us, originated with an early 20th century book series on The Wymps, goop from a series about The Goops, and nerd from a book by Dr. Seuss. Competing claims to have coined terms like gonzo, mojo, and booty call are assessed, as is epic battles fought between new word partisans, and those who think we have enough words already. A concluding chapter offers pointers on how to coin a word of one's own. Written in a reader-friendly manner, The Hidden History of Coined Words will appeal not just to word lovers but history buffs, trivia contesters, and anyone at all who is interested in a well-informed good read"--
The Athenaeum
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk Buckingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
The Bibliography of Vermont
Author: Marcus Davis Gilman
Publisher: Burlington : Free Press association
ISBN:
Category : Printing
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher: Burlington : Free Press association
ISBN:
Category : Printing
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Report of the President to the Board of Directors of the World's Columbian Exposition
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
A Student's Pastime
Author: Walter William Skeat
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon P
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon P
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description