Title: What's in a Word?: Fascinating Stories of More Than 350 Everyday Words and Phrases, Author: Webb Garrison
Title: Dictionary of Word Origins, Author: Joseph T Shipley
Title: Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; with Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory, Author: Roy Blount Jr.
Title: Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language, Author: Patricia T. O'Conner
Title: Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, Author: Amanda Montell
Title: Dog Days and Dandelions: A Lively Guide to the Animal Meanings Behind Everyday Words, Author: Martha Barnette
Title: Let's Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition: A Collection of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful Words, Phrases, Praises, Insults, Idioms, and Literary Flourishes from Eras Past, Author: Lesley M. M. Blume
Title: The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English, Author: Henry Hitchings
Title: Holy Cow!: Doggerel, Catnaps, Scapegoats, Foxtrots, and Horse Feathers-Splendid Animal Words and Phrases, Author: Boze Hadleigh
Title: Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English, Author: Philip Durkin
Title: Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, Author: Raymond Williams
Title: Flesh Becomes Word: A Lexicography of the Scapegoat or, the History of an Idea, Author: David Dawson
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Title: Black Sheep and Lame Ducks: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day, Author: Albert Jack
Title: The F-Word, Author: Jesse Sheidlower
Title: The Name's Familiar II, Author: Laura Lee
Title: Words to Eat By: Five Foods and the Culinary History of the English Language, Author: Ina Lipkowitz
Title: Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language, Author: Seth Lerer
Title: Tawdry Knickers and Other Unfortunate Ways to Be Remembered: A Saucy and Spirited History of Ninety Notorious Namesakes, Author: Alex Novak
Title: The Oxford Guide to Etymology, Author: Philip Durkin
Title: Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning, Author: Sol Steinmetz

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