America in so many words
Subtitle: words that have shaped America
By: David K. Barnhart and Allan A. Metcalf.
Contributors: Metcalf, Allan A.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: English language -- United States -- Etymology; English language -- United States -- History; Americanisms -- History; United States -- History -- Terminology
Description: In chronological order, Barnhart and Metcalf give the history and usage of words and phrases that Americans have added to the English language, from canoe and skunk in the 1500s to soccer mom, Ebonics, and millennium bug in the 1990s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. x-xii) and indexes.