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Cassell Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins

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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 tests. *Learn why a flight data recorder is called a black box--even though it's orange. 224 pages 5 x 7 3/4.

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Cassell Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins, Nigel Rees

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Tytuł
Cassell Dictionary of Word & Phrase Origins
Język
angielski
Autorzy
Nigel Rees
Wydawca
Cassell
Rok wydania
1998
Oprawa
miękka
Liczba stron
273
ISBN10
0304349658
ISBN13
9780304349654
Seria
Ocena
3,45 z 5
Opis
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. 224 pages 5 x 7 3/4.