num_pages: 256
description: Here is a fascinating and humorous encyclopedia of more than three hundredwords and phrases and how they have taken on new meanings over time. It is aninformative reference book for the whole family. What's in a Word? is asequel to Garrison's popular Why You Say It . Indexed.
language: English
title: What's in a Word: Fascinating Stories of More Than 350 Everyday Words and Phrases
titlecomplete: What's in a Word: Fascinating Stories of More Than 350 Everyday Words and Phrases
genres: Language, Reference, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 41
publisher: Thomas Nelson